LAW 122 Lecture 3: Class 3
17 Nov 2016
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Deceit defendant makes a false statement that they know is false. Plaintiff must prove: defendant made a false statement, defendant knew statement was false, defendant intended to mislead plaintiff, plaintiff as to suffer a loss from reasonably relying on the statements. He made a false statement that the same book will be in the course. He knew it was false as his prof confirmed it with him. Plaintiff reasonable relied on him (he asked dave if the same text will be used) And will suffer a loss of the plaintiff. Defamation false statement that leads a reasonable person to have a lower opinion: could hurt plaintiff"s reputation, published on third party, statement was false, statement reasonably refers to plaintiff. No liability even if statement made in bad faith limited to statements made: during parliamentary proceedings, between high government officials, by a judge, lawyer or witness in legal proceedings, between spouses.
