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California Statutes § 20502 Admissibility of evidence of willingness or unwillingness of defendant to retract or correct communications

⤴ Up to Chapter 6: Libel And Slander

Statute Text

(a) In any action for libel or slander brought by a candidate, the willingness or unwillingness of the defendant to retract or correct a communication made in the course of a campaign, and his or her action in doing so, shall be admissible in evidence in the exemplary damages phase of a bifurcated trial.
(b) The remedy provided by this section is in addition to any other remedy provided by law.

History

Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

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