MN HF217

Establishes the "Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act" creating a new chapter 553A regulating defamation actions in Minnesota for publications after August 1, 2013.

Requires a person to make a timely and adequate written request for correction or clarification before maintaining a defamation action, or the defendant must have already made one.

A person who fails to request a correction within 90 days of learning about the publication may recover only provable economic loss, not other damages.

If a timely and sufficient correction or clarification is published, damages are limited to provable economic loss as mitigated by the correction or clarification.

Publishers may offer to correct or clarify statements before trial and pay the plaintiff's litigation expenses; if accepted, the plaintiff is barred from suing based on that statement; if rejected, the plaintiff can only recover economic loss and pre-offer litigation expenses.