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Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
This is wrong. In a defamation suit damages are assumed. He doesn't need to prove them.
As for the apology, the Court has jurisdiction to do certain things under statute and common law. It also has a broad equitable jurisdiction to provide injunctive relief (i.e., make orders). I don't litigate, and can't tell you if an QB justice has the authority to order the Mayor to apologize but I can tell you it's pretty goddamn unlikely.
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Well I'm definitely not a lawyer, so my thoughts here are basically of no consequence. But are you saying that if he was successful here, Wenzel would get $5 million? Surely damages have to be substantiated somehow?
I guess I do understand that defamation isn't the same as other negligence in the sense of damages. But I don't understand how damages are figured in a case like this.