title: Motion to strike claim dismissed in HIV defamation suit.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D001734:Bites, Human; D003142:Communication; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D014754:Violence