Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
1773
AUTHOR:
H Lee Sarokin, Judge, US District Court, New Jersey
QUOTATION:
Why should a claim for a damaged leg survive one’s death where a claim for a damaged name does not? After death, the leg cannot be healed, but the reputation can. To say that a man’s defamed reputation dies with him is to ignore the realities of life and the bleak legacy he leaves behind.
ATTRIBUTION:
Ruling that the family of a deceased man may sue for libel to clear his name, 13 Jan 83
