TRADITIONAL CAT ASS'N., INC. v. Gilbreath
California Court of Appeal
[CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION1]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BENKE, Acting P. J.
In California the accrual of causes of action growing out of the publication of defamatory or other tortious statements is governed by the single-publication rule. Under the rule, one cause of action will arise, and the statute of limitations will commence running, upon the first general publication or broadcast of a tortious statement, notwithstanding how many copies of the publication are distributed or how many people hear or see the broadcast. Any subsequent republication or rebroadcast gives rise to a new single cause of action.
We find the single-publication…
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