DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 11.13
Falsity – Media Defendant
FALSITY – MEDIA DEFENDANT
[Plaintiff’s name] has the burden of proving that the defamatory statement was
false. If you find that the published statement was true, you must find for
[defendant’s name]. The published statement does not have to be absolutely or
mathematically true. Substantial truth is all that is required.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
78c6a9f75b8cb59b9fcda6401d4ecd91686500266cdc9eea85b1498d6fc432c3
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