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ELY v. NATIONAL SUPER MARKETS, INC.

No. 4-86-0094.

149 Ill. App.3d 752 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 120

MARY ELY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL SUPER MARKETS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied December 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann E. Hamilton, of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellants.

James M. Drake and James C. Craven, both of Springfield, for appellee.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE WEBBER delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff filed suit for slander and malicious prosecution. The jury awarded plaintiff $20,000 on the slander claim, $150,000 on the malicious-prosecution claim, and punitive damages of $80,000 for malicious prosecution. Defendants appeal.

On December 29, 1982, plaintiff was detained for shoplifting a $3.79 bottle of Dexatrim diet pills at the National Super Market...

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