Motion to strike claim dismissed in HIV defamation suit.
On 23 April 2001, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice issued the first Canadian ruling on the issue of whether words inputing that a person is HIV-positive or has AIDS can be the basis of a defamation action per se, in the case of Serdar v Metroland Printing, Publishing and Distributing Ltd.
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D001734:Bites, Human; D003142:Communication; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D014754:Violence