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VALENTINE v. NORTH AMERICAN CO.

No. 46527.

60 Ill.2d 168 (1974)

328 N.E.2d 265

JOHN J. VALENTINE, Appellant, v. NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY FOR LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Thomas Johnston and Thomas B. Kennedy, Sr., of McConnell, Kennedy, Quinn & Morris, of Peoria, for appellant.

John E. Cassidy, Jr., of Cassidy, Cassidy & Mueller, of Peoria, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, John Valentine, filed a suit in the circuit court of Peoria County against North American Company for Life and Health Insurance, a corporation, and Gerald Kaufman, charging that he had been slandered by the utterance of words which had prejudiced him in his business or calling. The trial court held that the words used were slanderous per se and so instructed the jury...

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