Idaho Statutes

§ 6-2002 — DEFINITIONS

Idaho·Title 6 ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES·Ch. 20 DISPARAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL FOOD PRODUCTS

As used in this chapter:

(1)"Disparagement" means the publication to a third party of a false factual statement; and
(a)The published statement is of and concerning the plaintiff’s specific perishable agricultural food product;
(b)The statement clearly impugns the safety of the product;
(c)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;
(d)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
(e)The statement does in fact cause the plaintiff pecuniary loss.
(2)"Perishable agricultural food product" means an agricultural product as defined in section 2

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Legislative History

[6-2002, added 1992, ch. 252, sec. 1, p. 736; am. 2001, ch. 20, sec. 1, p. 26.]

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