Unintentional defamation occurs where a work of fiction contains a character that coincidentally shares a name or other recognizable characteristics with a real person, such that the real person is defamed by the depiction. A famous early case in the field, E. Hutton & Co.
Unintentional defamation occurs where a work of fiction contains a character that coincidentally shares a name or other recognizable characteristics with a real person, such that the real person is defamed by the depiction. A famous early case in the field, E. Hutton & Co.
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