No person shall have more than one cause of action for damages for libel or slander or invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication or exhibition or utterance, such as any one edition of a newspaper or book or magazine or any one presentation to an audience or any one broadcast over radio or television or any one exhibition of a motion picture. Recovery in any action shall include all damages for any such tort suffered by the plaintiff in all jurisdictions.
§ 41-7-1 NMSA 1978
[Limitation of tort actions based on single publication or utterance; damages recoverable.]
Known as the Uniform Single Publication Act
The act spans §§ 41–41 (6 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Christoff v. Nestle USA, Inc. (2009)
Most recently applied in Christoff v. Nestle USA, Inc. (August 2009)
1953 Comp., § 40-27-30, enacted by Laws 1955, ch. 50, § 1; 1978 Comp., § 30-34-1, recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 41-7-1.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.