Re: South Creek Nursery Palmyra NY 14522
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] South Creek Nursery Palmyra NY 14522
- From: P* L* K*
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 07:26:09 -0500
Jeanne,
You make a good point. And I certainly do not want to invite a lawsuit,
but does just sharing a negative experience constitute slander? (I'm a
little back on my reading, and have no idea in what context your
admoniton was in response to. I'm asking a more general question.)
Sharing experiences is strongpoint of such a list as this is, IMHO. I
really don't want to keep quiet any bad experience, in hopes that the
next person may profit from my misfortune. But also, it helps the
companies know that there is a conduit of communication out there, to
keep them on their toes.
Peggy
On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 14:40:43 EST "Jeanne M. Hannah" <Jmh98law@AOL.COM>
writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> With respect to discussing satisfaction with a nursery on the List,
> as
> opposed to responding off-list to the query:
>
> As a lawyer, I feel I must suggest that, while it is fine to ask
> whether
> others have had a satisfactory experience with a certain nursery, to
> avoid
> creating problems for the person posting the response and also for
> the
> ListServ, *all* responses to such a query should be made off-list,
> and
> privately, to the person asking the question.
>
> To say something negative about a person with respect to how that
> person
> makes his/her livelihood is to invite a suit for slander or libel.
> Of course,
> there are defenses, such as "Truth is a defense to libel", but who
> needs the
> grief?
>
> I would urge all participating in this discussion to keep the above
> in mind.
>
> Jeanne Hannah
> Traverse City, MI
> USDA 5b
