As Prosser Keeton points out, "efamation is not concerned with the plaintiff's own humiliation, wrath, or sorrow, except as an element of 'parasitic' damages attached to an independent cause of action." Prosser Keeton § 111, at 771 50 Am.Jur.2d Libel and Slander §§ 386, 387 (1995).Defamation law protects interests of personality, not of property. A cause of action for defamation is based on the transmission of derogatory statements, not on any physical or emotional distress to plaintiff which may result. It is reputation which is defamed, reputation which is injured, and reputation which is protected by the law of defamation.ĭefamation is an impariment of a relational interest it denigrates the opinion which others in the community have of the plaintiff and invades the plaintiffs interest in the reputation and good name. The gravamen or gist of an action for defamation is damage to the plaintiff's reputation. An action for defamation or slander is based upon a violation of this right. He law of defamation embodies the public policy that individuals should be free to enjoy their reputation unimpaired by false and defamatory attacks. Libel per quod simply means that one must refer to facts or circumstances beyond the words actually used to establish the defamation. Some examples of libel per se statements include an attack on the integrity and moral character of a party or an accusation that a person is a liar. Libel per se includes statements that have "a natural tendency to provoke the plaintiff to wrath or expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, or to deprive him of the benefit of public confidence or social intercourse." Id. Narrowing our discussion to libel, we note there are two types of libel: libel per se and libel per quod.11 Salt Lake Community College along with Odessa and New Mexico Junior College. Indian Hills will square off against second-ranked New Mexico Military Institute and No. The Warriors now head to the Odessa College Invitational on Friday and Saturday where the Warriors will once again be put to the test against nationally ranked opponents. "It's more interesting to watch and much more fun to play against." "Once Southeastern started speeding up, they started playing more at our speed," Hadley said. Vidal anchored the defense with a team-high 14 digs. Sophomore setter Hennesys Lalane finished the night with 34 assists for Indian Hills along with three block assists on the night. Vallee and Michalska both tallied five kills in the frame while Jarolin de los Santos added four finishers. The Warriors fell behind early in the third set, but battled back to overwhelm Southeastern down the stretch in the final game. Freshman Sasha Vidal caught fire late in the frame and carried the Warriors to a 25-13 victory. The team's top hitter throughout the early portion of the year, Scatamburlo provided an exclamation mark with a kill midway through the second set to put Indian Hills ahead 15-8. Vallee sparked the Warrior offense in the opening set with a kill to push the lead to 11-4 and force an early Blackhawk timeout. 394 clip while reaching double-digit service aces for the third time in five matches. That's all that matters."Īs a team, the Warriors posted their best hitting performance of the year with a. "It was kind of weird, but at least I was scoring points. "There were a few points I scored where I also went too early," Vallee said. Four of those aces came in the second set, the most dominant set of the night as the Warriors never looked back after jumping out to a 19-8 lead. Vallee, meanwhile, scored a match-high 13 points adding eight kills to go along with a career-high five service aces. Head coach Lyndsey Michel used all 16 Warriors in Tuesday night's win with freshmen teammates Kinga Michalska and Larissa Barreiros Scatamburlo lead the offense for the Warriors combining for 15 of IHCC's 37 kills against the Blackhawks. The final results, however, were hard to argue with. "The tempo that they (Southeastern) were playing was so much different to the tempo we faced this weekend. That's something I needed to adjust to," IHCC sophomore Haleigh Hadley said. They (Southeastern) had a slower outside wall, so I was there super early on a couple of hits. Blocking this weekend, you really had to get out there. "There were a few times I actually ran over our setter. The Blackhawks also didn't make things easy on Indian Hills in the third and final game, forcing nine ties before the Warriors finally pulled away to clinch their fifth straight win to open the season. Southeastern (3-2) had moments of success against the 19th-ranked Warriors, cutting a 17-9 deficit in the very first set all the way down to 21-17. That's how easily you can lose sometimes." We were not quite as focused as we needed to be out there on the court. "We just needed to stay focused after playing as well as we played over the weekend," Vallee said.
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