Kinnarath v Choiselat

Decided: 2026-09-28. Docket: AI25-30-10228. Citation: 2026 MBCA 79 (CanLII). Civil liability — Defamation — Appeal — Social media publication — Defamatory statements describing the Plaintiff as a “terrorist” — Appeal from liability findings and damages award — Corporate and individual wrongdoing addressed in tort — Political party held jointly and severally liable with the individual for general damages — Appeal allowed in part | Civil liability — Defamation — Corporate liability — Direct liability and vicarious liability — Whether the political party is directly liable as “directing mind and will” — Bazley v Curry test for vicarious liability applied to electoral district association role — Vicarious liability found for the Twitter Post, not for personal Facebook posts — Liability partly