BEL-GRADE, INC. v. ETHERIDGE

No. 3-91-0710.

593 N.E.2d 91 (1992)

229 Ill. App.3d 624

170 Ill.Dec. 549

BEL-GRADE, INC., a corporation, and Terry Buckwalter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. F. Steven ETHERIDGE, individually and as Chief of the Moline Police Department, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

April 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Van Hooreweghe, Van Hooreweghe, Packel & Thuline, Moline, for Bel-Grade, Inc. and Terry Buckwalter.

Richard M. Batcher and J. Sue Myatt, Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton & Noe, Moline, for F. Steven Etheridge.


Justice STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Bel-Grade, Inc. and Terry Buckwalter, brought a defamation action against the defendant, F. Steven Etheridge. The trial court granted the defendant's motion to dismiss pursuant to § 2-615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 110, par. 2-615.). The plaintiffs appeal.

In their complaint, the plaintiffs alleged Bel-Grade, Inc. was the owner and operator

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