ILL. TRAFFIC COURT DRIVER IMPROVEMENT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION v. PEORIA JOURNAL STAR, INC.

No. 3-85-0455.

144 Ill. App.3d 555 (1986)

494 N.E.2d 939

THE ILLINOIS TRAFFIC COURT DRIVER IMPROVEMENT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE PEORIA JOURNAL STAR, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed June 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis E. Olivero and Gary W. Wangler, both of Peru, for appellants.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Gabriel Rodriguez, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellees Stephen Covey and John Barra.

John R. Pusey, of Vonachen, Cation, Lawless, Trager & Slevin, of Peoria, for other appellees.


Order affirmed.

JUSTICE WOMBACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

The Illinois Traffic Court Driver Improvement Foundation, a defensive-driving program for traffic offenders, and its director, Dato Olivero, brought a 23-count action in Peoria County against various media defendants and State of Illinois officials. Among the defendants were Stephen Covey, then chief judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit (Covey), and John Barra, the Peoria County State's Attorney...

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