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HOMERIN v. MID-ILLINOIS NEWSPAPERS

No. 3-92-0642.

614 N.E.2d 496 (1993)

245 Ill. App.3d 402

185 Ill.Dec. 362

Larry HOMERIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MID-ILLINOIS NEWSPAPERS, d/b/a Pekin Daily Times, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

May 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Streeter (argued), Burt L. Dancey, Elliff, Keyser, Oberle & Davies, P.C., Pekin, Strodel Kingery, Trial Counsel, for Larry Homerin.

Frederick A. Bernardi (argued), Pekin, for Mid-Illinois Newspapers.

Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Larry Homerin, former mayor of the city of Pekin, filed this libel action in the circuit court of Tazewell County seeking damages against defendant, Mid-Illinois Newspapers, doing business as Pekin Daily Times. The circuit court granted defendant's motion to dismiss on the basis of the "modified innocent construction" rule. We affirm.

On April 13, 1990, defendant published a political cartoon depicting...

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