Sharratt v. Housing Innovations, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “attendant circumstances may be shown as proof of the defamatory nature of the words”
• statement not defamatory on face may acquire defamatory meaning when audience presented with attendant circumstances
• recovery in action alleging intentional falsehood pertaining to professional services is for “specific, actual and proven harm done to the plaintiff’s economic interests”
• “In [interference with advantageous relationship] cases, it is the actual and not the assumed damage which provides the basis for recovery, and which accordingly must be alleged”
• “attendant circumstances may be shown as proof of the defamatory nature of the words”
• “attendant circumstances may be shown as proof of the defamatory nature of the words”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).