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FACTS:1
The article "An Island of Fear" was published by Newsweek in its February
23, 1981 issue. It allegedly portrayed the island province of Negros Occidental
as a place dominated by big landowners or sugarcane planters who
not only exploited the impoverished workers, but also brutalized and killed
them with impunity.
o the printed article sued upon is not actionable in fact and in law;
o the complaint is bereft of allegations that state, much less support a
cause of action.
Trial court denied the motion to dismiss. Complaint on its face states a
valid cause of action; and the question as to whether the printed article
sued upon its actionable or not is a matter of evidence.
ISSUE:
WON the complaint must be dismissed? YES.
RULING:
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Uy Tioco vs. Yang Shu Wen:
o Defamatory remarks directed at a class or group of persons in general
language only, are not actionable by individuals composing the class or
group unless the statements are sweeping.
The case at bar is not a class suit. It is not a case where one or more may sue
for the benefit of all.
We have here a case where each of the plaintiffs has a separate and distinct
reputation in the community. They do not have a common or general interest
in the subject matter of the controversy.