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Idaho Code § 6-2002

Definitions

I.C., § 6-2002, as added by 1992, ch. 252, § 1, p. 736; am. 2001, ch. 20, § 1, p. 26.

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Disparagement” means the publication to a third party of a false factual statement; and The published statement is of and concerning the plaintiff’s specific perishable agricultural food product;

(2) The statement clearly impugns the safety of the product;

(3) The defendant intended the publication to cause harm to the plaintiff’s pecuniary interest, or either recognized or reasonably should have recognized that it was likely to do so;

(4) The defendant made the statement with actual malice, that is, he knew that the statement was false or acted in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity; and

(5) The statement does in fact cause the plaintiff pecuniary loss.

(6) “Perishable agricultural food product” means an agricultural product as defined in section 22-2602, Idaho Code, intended for human consumption which is sold or distributed in a form that will perish or decay beyond marketability within a period of time.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.