FOPAY v. NOVEROSKE

No. 71-27.

31 Ill. App.3d 182 (1975)

334 N.E.2d 79

JOSEPH E. FOPAY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICHARD J. NOVEROSKE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

August 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F.A. Stocke, of Louisville, and James L. Brissenden, of Smith, McCollum & Riggle, of Flora, for appellant.

John R. Meyer, of Meyer & Meyer, of Flora, and James B. Wham, of Wham & Wham, of Centralia, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is from a judgment entered in Clay County upon a jury verdict for libel in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Joseph Fopay, against defendant-appellant, Richard Noveroske, in the amount of $27,500 compensatory and $20,000 punitive damages.

Plaintiff alleged in his complaint that while he was chief x-ray technician at Clay County Hospital, defendant, chief radiologist at...

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