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· 4/22/2022

State of Iowa v. Brent Alan Hauge

How courts have described this case

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  • “when a statement is substantially true, a minor inaccuracy will not support a defamation claim”
  • “when a statement is substantially true, a minor inaccuracy will not support a defamation claim”
  • “[W]hen a statement is substantially true, a minor inaccuracy will not support a defamation claim.”
  • “when a statement is substantially true, a minor inaccuracy will not support a defamation claim”
  • defamatory statement could be found to be “of and concerning” plaintiff, who was “only person identified in the article”
  • statement \suggesting\ that third party \suspected\ plaintiff was \responsible\ for a missing medical file was protected opinion based upon disclosed nondefamatory fact that the file was indeed missing

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