Court Opinion

ID: 7956018
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 00:12:20.942587+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:34:16.881784
License: Public Domain

Pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we remand this case to the Court of Appeals for consideration as on leave granted. The Court of Appeals shall consider (1) whether publication of an allegedly false and defamatory statement imputing to another conduct constituting the criminal offense of battery is actionable irrespective of special harm, see, e.g., Mains v Whiting, 87 Mich 172, 180 (1891); Taylor v Kneeland, 1 Doug 67, 72 (1843) (holding that words charging a person with a crime are not actionable per se unless the crime involves moral turpitude or would subject the person to an infamous punishment); and (2) whether the statement at issue in this case imputed to the plaintiff the criminal offense of battery.