Limitación de Publicación Única en Casos de Difamación

Explicación Simple

Si alguien publica algo negativo sobre ti, solo puedes demandarlo una vez por eso, no más. Además, si demuestras que lo que publicaron es verdad, puedes ganar la demanda.

Es como si cocinaras un platillo: si lo quemas, solo puedes quejarte una vez por esa comida, no puedes reclamar cada vez que alguien lo prueba.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana escribe un artículo en una revista que dice que Carlos es un ladrón. Carlos solo puede demandar a Ana una vez por eso, aunque sufra en diferentes lugares. Si Ana puede probar que Carlos realmente robó, podría ganar la demanda.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

42 Pa.C.S. 8341 - Single Publication Limitation (a) Short title of section.--This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Single Publication Act." (b) General rule.--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. (c) Bar by judgment.--A judgment in any jurisdiction for or against the plaintiff upon the substantive merits of any action for damages founded upon a single publication, or exhibition, or utterance, as described in subsection (b), shall bar any other action for damages by the same plaintiff against the same defendant founded upon the same publication, or exhibition, or utterance. 42 Pa.C.S. 8342 - Justification A Defense In all civil actions for libel, the plea of justification shall be accepted as an adequate and complete defense, when it is pleaded, and proved to the satisfaction of the jury, under the direction of the court as in other cases, that the publication is substantially true and is proper for public information or investigation, and has not been maliciously or negligently made.