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MARTIN v. STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER

No. 4-92-0915.

612 N.E.2d 1357 (1993)

244 Ill. App.3d 955

184 Ill.Dec. 197

Michael E. MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER, a division of the Copley Press, Inc., a corporation, and Pam Fortado Gibson, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided April 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Schweitzer, Taylorville (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Barry O. Hines (argued), R. Kurt Wilke, Barber, Segatto, Hoffee & Hines, Springfield, for defendants-appellees.

Presiding Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In July 1986, plaintiff, Michael E. Martin (an officer with the Illinois Department of Conservation (DOC)), sued defendants, the State Journal-Register (a Springfield newspaper) and Pam Fortado Gibson (a free-lance writer for the State Journal-Register), for libel. Plaintiff's suit arose out of an article Gibson wrote that accused Martin of abusing his position as a conservation officer. In June 1992...

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