Marcus v. Swanson

0IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 122,400 ELYSIA A. MARCUS, Appellee, v. ERIC SWANSON, M.D., Appellant, v. ELYSIA A. MARCUS, Appellee. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The elements of defamation include false and defamatory words, communicated to a third person, which result in harm to the reputation of the person defamed. 2. Evidence of reputational harm is required in defamation claims. Speculation about reputational harm is not sufficient. 3. Reputational harm may be shown by reasonable inferences, but these reasonable inferences must be tethered to a fact in the world, whether it…