Legal Question in Technology Law in West Virginia
Can we get this person for slander?
A ministry that I am part of online has been having documented problems with a person online for the past 6-8 months.
The person has called each of the counselors in this ministry a child murderer, and has gone as far as to take the online names and add child_murderer to them.
I personally feel that it is defimation of character of those involved as well of the ministry.
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Can we get this person for slander?
This could certainly be libel, i.e. written defamation (slander means spoken defamation).
I would recommend calling the bar association in your city and seeing if they have a lawyer referral service. If so, they could set up a meeting with a lawyer who handles defamation to help you out. The initial consultations through lawyer referral services are usually inexpensive.
Good luck.