AMA Manual of Style (10th edition ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Mar 2007

Print ISBN-13:: 9780195176339

Published to AMA Manual of Style:: Apr 2009

DOI:: 10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001

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Works of Fiction

Chapter:: Ethical and Legal Considerations
Author(s):: Annette Flanagin

5.9.5 Works of Fiction

Fictional accounts are not actionable for defamation unless a reasonable reader believes that the story is depicting factual events and can identify the person bringing suit in the story.^3-7 Humor, satire, and parody may be exempt from defamation suits as long as they are clearly works of fiction.³^,⁷

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Works of Fiction

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5.9.5 Works of Fiction