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LARSON v. DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSP.

No. 4-92-0319.

602 N.E.2d 864 (1992)

236 Ill. App.3d 796

176 Ill.Dec. 918

Melody LARSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, a Corporation, and James Scherer, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

October 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory L. Barnes, Gregory L. Barnes, Ltd., Decatur, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ronald L. Lipinski, Elizabeth H. Skalitzky, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, for defendants-appellees.

Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Melody Larson, an employee of Decatur Memorial Hospital (DMH), brought a defamation action against DMH and James Scherer, a vice-president at DMH. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, alleging that Scherer's statements were protected against a defamation action by a qualified privilege because he made them during an internal investigation of the conduct of one of DMH's employees. The trial...

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