Today a Sowal idiot went to one of my customer's homes.

[AAbsolute]

Today a local Sowal idiot with some ax to grind went to one of my past customers doors. He tried to get me fired from her job. This kind of nonsense has been going on for 7 years now. Isn't that self refuting enough? 7 years of getting up and getting out in Sowal to work everyday, all the while, I have a coward creeping around behind me saying I'm going to leave someone high and dry?.? That does nothing but shake confidence and harm the listener. Nothing is farther from the truth. I have never, ever, ever left a customer high and dry.

If anyone has any questions about me, John Carroll, or my company, Chambers Street Builders, Inc., you can always reach me at my e-mail AAbsolute@aol.com or my cell 850-978-8233. http://www.chambersstreetbuilders.net

I don't know how to stop it, and maybe I never will. I do know that I hope to hear from someone, anonymous or not, if they know something about this.

Thanks, JC

 

[Will B]

Libel suits work pretty well, but you would have to prove that the other person's actions or words caused you lost work, revenue, or damage to your business...

 

[Smiling JOe]

Libel suits work pretty well, but you would have to prove that the other person's actions or words caused you lost work, revenue, or damage to your business...

I believe that the other person's words would have to be false. If they are factual truths only, there is no case.

 

[Will B]

I believe that the other person's words would have to be false. If they are factual truths only, there is no case.

True...

 

[ClintClint]

Let it go AA, your nemesis looks petty to your other customers.
Set your standards high and strive to match them. Let your standards of work and personal behavior reflect your integrity.
Personally, when I have to meet St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, I'm going incognito.

 

[AAbsolute]

I believe that the other person's words would have to be false. If they are factual truths only, there is no case.

Saying something to another that is untrue is called slander. Writing something untrue is called libel................................

Defamation, Libel and Slander -

[1] Elements and Case Citations

(1) Defendant made a false and defamatory statement;

(2) Defendant published (written or orally) to a third party;

(3) Defendant made the defamatory statement with the requisite intent (negligence or malice); and

(4) Plaintiff suffered damages.

Libel is a written defamatory statement. See Hay v. Independent Newspapers, Inc., 450 So. 2d 293, 294-295 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984). Slander is a spoken defamatory statement. See Axelrod v. Califano, 357 So. 2d 1048, 1050 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). A defamation claim against a private person requires negligence. See Miami Herald Publ?g Co. v Ane, 423 So. 2d 376, 383 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982), citing Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 347 (1974). A defamation claim against a public figure requires publication with actual malice and in reckless disregard of the plaintiff?s rights. See Seropian v. Forman, 652 So. 2d 490, 493 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995), citing New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 279-280 (1964).


Injurious Falsehood is a cause of action akin to defamation. See Salit v. Ruden, McCloskey, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A., 742 So. 2d 381, 386-387, n.3 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Restatement (Second) of Torts ?? 623A-652 (1977).

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Florida State Courts
First District: Linafelt v. Beverly Enterprises-Florida, Inc., 745 So. 2d 386, 388 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999)
Second District: Bass v. Rivera, 826 So.2d 534, 534 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2002)
Third District: Valencia v. Citibank International, 728 So. 2d 330, 330 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)
Fourth District: Rapp v. Jews for Jesus, Inc., 944 So. 2d 460, 464-65 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
Fifth District: Scholz v. RDV Sports, Inc., 710 So. 2d 618, 625 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998), rev. denied, 718 So. 2d 618 (Fla. 1998)

Florida Federal Courts
Eleventh Circuit: Rubin v. U.S. News & World Report, Inc., 271 F. 3rd 1305, 1306 (11th Cir. 2001)
Southern District: Corporate Financial, Inc. v. Principal Life Ins. Co., 461 F. Supp. 2d 1274, 1292 (S.D. Fla. 2006)
Middle District: Furmanite America, Inc. v. T.D. Williamson, Inc., 506 F. Supp. 2d 1134, 1140 (M.D. Fla. 2007)

References
Restatement (Second) of Torts ?? 558, 580(B) (1965)

 

[AAbsolute]

True...

I'm a big boy. If anybody wants to say or write something true about me or my company I will never argue the point. When I'm wrong I'll admit it. A slug or group of slugs saying or writing something in a false light is very different and I'll assert myself for the good of my family and the man in the mirror. Thanks

 

[AAbsolute]

Any body know what happened to posts #2 and #3 that were up on the Thread last night?

 

[grace]

Any body know what happened to posts #2 and #3 that were up on the Thread last night?

You may have offended someone with the power to delete. There was a dog thread a while back that had several posts deleted for fear of outing an irresponsible dog owner that was friends with a moderator.

 

[AAbsolute]

You may have offended someone with the power to delete. There was a dog thread a while back that had several posts deleted for fear of outing an irresponsible dog owner that was friends with a moderator.

I don't post to offend people. I don't know yet what Tootsie and I said that would offend anyone, anywhere. I wrote the only Moderator I know to get clear so I don't do it again. Thanks