· 7/11/1989
Smith v. Fergan
Citations
- 450 N.W.2d 3
- 181 Mich. App. 594
How courts have described this case
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- “A plaintiff may overcome a qualified privilege only by showing that the statement was uttered with actual malice, i.e., with knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard of the truth.”
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Judges: Wahls, P.J., and Weaver and Cavanagh
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