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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-840.01

Libel; invasion of privacy; damages; retraction; effect

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Turner v. Welliver (1987)

Most recently applied in Palmtag v. Republican Party of Neb. (January 2024)

Laws 1957, c. 83, § 2, p. 329; Laws 1979, LB 394, § 12; Laws 1987, LB 93, § 8.

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(1) In an action for damages for the publication of a libel or for invasion of privacy as provided by section 20-204 by any medium, the plaintiff shall recover no more than special damages unless correction was requested as herein provided and was not published. Within twenty days after knowledge of the publication, plaintiff shall have given each defendant a notice by certified or registered mail specifying the statements claimed to be libelous or to have invaded privacy as provided by section 20-204 and specifically requesting correction. Publication of a correction shall be made within three weeks after receipt of the request. It shall be made in substantially as conspicuous a manner as the original publication about which complaint was made. A correction, published prior to receipt of a request therefor, shall have the same force and effect as if published after such request. The term special damages, as used in this section, shall include only such damages as plaintiff alleges and proves were suffered in respect to his or her property, business, trade, profession, or occupation as the direct and proximate result of the defendant's publication. (2) This section shall not apply if it is alleged and proved that the publication was prompted by actual malice, and actual malice shall not be inferred or presumed from the publication.

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