The California Supreme Court has ruled that website publishers can not be sued for libelous postings written by third party contributors.
This action overturns a lower court ruling that held a community website that published, what was alleged as defamatory remarks aimed at two conventional medical doctors, was liable for the actions of a third party poster.
While this lowers the blood pressure level of numerous community focused websites who allow their visitors to post comments on bulletin boards and blogs, the ruling did reaffirm the right of parties who feel they have been defamed, to file against the actual poster.