Legal Opinion
Hearst Corporation v. Hughes
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 15, 1983No. [No. 56, September Term, 1982.]PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRodowsky, J.
Eldridge and Davidson, JJ., dissent. Davidson, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 132 infra, in which Eldridge, J., joins.
The principal question presented in this appeal is whether, in a negligent defamation action, actual impairment of reputation must be proved in order to establish a right to recover compensatory damages, where emotional distress, caused by the defamation, has been proved to the satisfaction of the trier of fact.1 We shall hold that actual impairment of reputation is not required to establish the tort.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- William F. Buckley, Jr. v. Franklin H. LittellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Kent B. Crane v. New York Zoological SocietyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1985
- Batson v. ShiflettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
- Bagwell v. Peninsula Regional Medical CenterCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1995
- Piscatelli v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2012
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