This title may be cited as the Uniform Single Publication Act.
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Section § 3425.1
This law section states that the title of this particular act is the Uniform Single Publication Act.
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Section § 3425.2
This law is meant to be interpreted in a way that makes it consistent with similar laws in other states or regions that adopt it.
This act shall be so interpreted as to effectuate its purpose to make uniform the law of those states or jurisdictions which enact it.
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Section § 3425.3
This law means that if you've been wronged by something like libel, slander, or a privacy invasion from a single publication, you can only take legal action once for all related damages. So, whether it's a newspaper article, a TV broadcast, or a movie, you get one shot to claim all your damages, no matter where they occurred.
No person shall have more than one cause of action for damages for libel or slander or invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication or exhibition or utterance, such as any one issue of a newspaper or book or magazine or any one presentation to an audience or any one broadcast over radio or television or any one exhibition of a motion picture. Recovery in any action shall include all damages for any such tort suffered by the plaintiff in all jurisdictions.
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Section § 3425.4
If a plaintiff has already received a legal decision in one case about damages related to a particular publication, display, or statement, they can't sue the same defendant again for damages on that same issue.
A judgment in any jurisdiction for or against the plaintiff upon the substantive merits of any action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance as described in Section 3425.3 shall bar any other action for damages by the same plaintiff against the same defendant founded upon the same publication or exhibition or utterance.
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