Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Whenever demand has been made for the publication of statements or articles under section 2739.13 of the Revised Code, the newspaper company shall print and circulate the same in the next regular issue or within forty-eight hours following the receipt of such statement or article. Such statement or article shall be phrased in proper language and be printed without any additions to, or omissions therefrom, in the same color of ink, from like type, with headlines of equal prominence, occupying a like space in the same portion of the newspaper as was used in printing the original article complained of, and shall be given the same publicity in all respects and, as nearly as possible, the same circulation as such original article. Such company shall print and publish such statements or articles without cost to such persons or their representatives; and such publication may be proved at the trial of a suit for damages as a mitigating circumstance to reduce damages, provided that any voluntary publication made without demand may be used to rebut any presumption of malice or injury on the part of such company growing out of the original publication to which the same related. This section does not prevent the injured party from alleging and proving actual malice on the part of the publisher and any special damages resulting to him therefrom.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 27 | Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies
Section 2739.01 | Libel and Slander.
Section 2739.02 | Defenses in Actions for Libel or Slander.
Section 2739.04 | Disclosure of New Source.
Section 2739.11 | Newspaper Defined.
Section 2739.12 | Newspaper Reporters Not Required to Reveal Source of Information.
Section 2739.13 | Correction of False Statement Formerly Published.
Section 2739.14 | Publishing Corrected Statements.
Section 2739.15 | Published Statements Shall Be Sworn To.
Section 2739.16 | Refusal or Failure to Publish.
Section 2739.18 | Prohibition Against Threats of Publication to Influence Official Action.