This is an action for defamation, founded upon separate allegations of slander and libel. Two questions of law have been presented by posttrial motions. First, is there a publication of defamatory statements if the plaintiff and the defendant's spouse be the only persons who heard the defendant utter the words? Second, are the statements made herein defamatory as a matter of law?
The essential fact pattern is simple: Defendant...
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