UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV1902
Elements of an Injurious Falsehood Claim.
[Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] injured [him/her] by publishing one or more statements known as "injurious falsehoods." To succeed on this claim, [name of plaintiff] must prove the following elements:
(1) [name of defendant] published statement(s) that disparaged
(a) the quality of [name of plaintiff's] [property, goods, or services]; or
(b) [name of plaintiff's] property rights in [land, personal property, or intangible property];
(2) the statements were false;
(3) the statements were made with malice; and
(4) the statements caused specific monetary loss to [name of plaintiff].
Some of these words have special meanings, and they will be explained in the following instructions.
Provenance
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- legacy.utcourts.gov
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- 2026-08-22
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- 2026-08-21
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