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DeCLERCK v. SIMPSON

No. 70510.

577 N.E.2d 767 (1991)

143 Ill.2d 489

160 Ill.Dec. 442

Jack DeCLERCK, Appellee, v. Gayle SIMPSON et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

August 14, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffery C. Taylor, Decatur, and Merry C. Rhoades, Carbondale, Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., for appellants.

Joseph A. Bartholomew, Cook, Shevlin, Keefe, Ysursa, Braver & Bartholomew, Ltd., Belleville, for appellee.

Justice THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Jack DeClerck, filed suit in the circuit court of Christian County alleging that defendants, Gayle Simpson (Simpson) and WAND Television, Inc. (WAND), had broadcast false statements about him. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss based on the statute of limitations (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 13-201), which was denied. The circuit court then granted the defendants' application for interlocutory...

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