Can you settle a dispute?

I would say you are right, as long as there is no threat. Since the email was sent to the person they were angry at there could be no libel for slander of defamation either, it is a private conversation.

I don't see any kind of legal action that could be taken.

Score one for FEM (This actually did happen about 4 weeks ago...this kid hated him...blah blah blah.)

I agree with Warhawk, I would highly doubt they can do anything as they were not threatened.

If it were a criminal offense to tell someone you don't like them and never want to see them, "Dear John" letters would get the writer jail time. If there is no threat., there is no crime.

About the only exception I can think of is if you keep sending letters or emails suggesting gruesome things, a charge of unlawful harrassment might be in order.

In California, I think this is correct if someone is purposely falsely slandered in public that they could be seued/sewed (whatever the spelling of it is :lol🙂

mypilot wrote:

In California, I think this is correct if someone is purposely falsely slandered in public that they could be seued/sewed (whatever the spelling of it is :lol🙂

In this case the email is a private communication, no slander involved since it isn't made public by the sender.

That is true in most places. One can be sued for slander or libel.

However, if I send some one a letter that says, "I hate you because you have bad breath, body odor and gas. I don't want you anywhere near me", I can't be sued. Since I am telling the person directly and no one else, no defamation has legally occured.

you are of course forgetting we are talking about the US of A here...

a place where a man had an itch in his nostril, put a drill in it and turned it on to scratch the itch - subsequently tore his nose off and then went about sueing the manufacturer for not providing a warning sticker saying "do not put in nose and switch on"

AND where a woman sued after burning her self with a cup of coffee she just bought because it didn't say "hot" on the side...

anything could happen people 😀

in fact, i will probably get sued for writing this post 😀

We have to keep all those lawyers working. 🙂

We do have the highest number of lawyers per capita in the world and it's silly things like you pointed out that keep them in business.

You can sue for any reason. Even a ridiculous reason. Winning is a different story.

Insight wrote:

you are of course forgetting we are talking about the US of A here...

a place where a man had an itch in his nostril, put a drill in it and turned it on to scratch the itch - subsequently tore his nose off and then went about sueing the manufacturer for not providing a warning sticker saying "do not put in nose and switch on"

AND where a woman sued after burning her self with a cup of coffee she just bought because it didn't say "hot" on the side...

anything could happen people 😀

in fact, i will probably get sued for writing this post 😀

....and the woman who put her dog in the mircowave when it came in from the rain to dry him quickly. He died, she sued the microwave manufacturer and won 🙄

....and the woman who put her dog in the mircowave when it came in from the rain to dry him quickly. He died, she sued the microwave manufacturer and won

This is the price of ''Political Correct''.... 😉