§ 14-11 Defamation - Private-figure Plaintiff

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§ 14-11 Defamation - Private-Figure Plaintiff

To recover for defamation, a private-figure plaintiff must prove the actions of the defendant were negligent.

See Erickson v. Jones Street Publishers, L.L.C., 368 S.C. 444, 629 S.E.2d 653 (2006); Holtzscheiter v. Thomson Newspapers, Inc., 332 S.C. 502, 506 S.E.2d 497 (1998)(Toal, J., concurring)(noting the South Carolina Supreme Court has not explicitly addressed the question as to the standard of liability for a publisher of defamatory material relating to a

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