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HOPEWELL v. VITULLO

No. 1-97-3946.

701 N.E.2d 99 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 513

233 Ill.Dec. 456

Earl W. HOPEWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Louis VITULLO and Wildman, Harrold, Allen and Dixon, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

September 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Chicago (Paul K. Vickrey and James P. Murphy, of counsel), for Appellant.

Deutsch, Levy & Engel, Chartered, Chicago (Paul M. Levy, Phillip J. Zisook and Brian D. Saucier, of counsel), Donohue, Brown, Matthewson & Smyth, Chicago (Donald J. Brown, Jr., of counsel), for Appellees.

Justice RAKOWSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Earl W. Hopewell (Hopewell) sued defendant Louis Vitullo (Vitullo), a partner of defendant Wildman, Harrold, Allen and Dixon (WHAD), for defamation. The trial court granted defendants' motion to dismiss with prejudice pursuant to section 2-615 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-615 (West 1996)), on the basis that the alleged defamatory statement was nonactionable opinion. The trial court...

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