DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 11.4
Libel – No Actual Loss Must Be Shown
LIBEL – NO ACTUAL LOSS MUST BE SHOWN
A claim for libel may be asserted without proof of actual monetary loss. This
is so whether the libel is clear from the statement itself or is clear only after referring
to outside facts not contained in the writing. In either case, a plaintiff is entitled to
recover damages proximately caused by the defamation.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
- Content hash
551560d1915ef808aa7e37145bed75ccc5ae997e635ae91b2df356bad2004b03
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