DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 11.15
Defamation – Retraction
RETRACTION
Retraction is the act of withdrawing the defamatory statement; it may be
considered as a factor in reducing damages and negating malice. To be effective, a
retraction must be:
(1) full, complete, and sincere;
(2) as conspicuous as the original defamation and with sufficient resources
dedicated to provide some measure of confidence that the retraction will reach as
many persons as the original defamatory statement; and
(3) issued within a reasonable time of when the original defamatory and
false statement was published.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
3fc630e50aefc8d540a0555d0863c9f1ef3044fdc7d5857e78c7fa6d12446cb5
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