Michigan Court of Appeals· 10/7/1998

Ireland v. Edwards

Citations

584 N.W.2d 632
230 Mich. App. 607

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stating that courts may decide as a matter of law whether a statement is actually capable of defamatory meaning and that summary disposition is appropriate when the statement as alleged is incapable of carrying such a meaning
stating that a trial court may determine that a statement is not capable of defamatory meaning as a matter of law, but may not grant summary disposition on that basis if the statement is capable of a defamatory meaning
defining malice as knowledge that the “statement was false or as reckless disregard as to whether the statement was false or not.”
examining allegedly defamatory statements and concluding that they were “rhetorical hyperbole” because “any reasonable person hearing these remarks in context would have clearly understood what was intended.”
applying the ordinary standard for summary disposition under state civil procedure rules
“Modern defamation law is a complex mixture of common-law rules and constitutional doctrines.”

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Judges: Sawyer, Bandstra, Sullivan

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