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LONIELLO v. FITZGERALD

No. 62878.

42 Ill. App.3d 900 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 842

FRANK LONIELLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHN W. FITZGERALD, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed October 4, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Kozlowski and John A. Smith, both of Chicago (Kozlowski & Smith, of counsel), for appellant.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith and Jean Hamm, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG delivered the opinion of the court:

In his complaint against John W. Fitzgerald (defendant), Frank Loniello (plaintiff) alleged that defendant publicly, maliciously and wrongfully called plaintiff a "thief", "cheat" and "liar" and that defendant stated that plaintiff had "swindled the city of Burbank out of $2000." Plaintiff alleged that those false and defamatory words injured his reputation and he asked damages...

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