KUMARAN v. BROTMAN

No. 1-91-1885.

617 N.E.2d 191 (1993)

247 Ill. App.3d 216

186 Ill.Dec. 952

Sampath KUMARAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Barbara BROTMAN, Andrew Kochanowski, James J. Roche and The Chicago Tribune Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sampath Kumaran, pro se.

Sidley & Austin, Chicago (Richard J. O'Brien, Paul E. Veith, of counsel), for defendants-appellees, Brotman and Chicago Tribune Co.

Alholm & Monahan, Chicago (Peter A. Monahan, Debra Criche Mell, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Kochanowski.

James J. Roche & Associates, Chicago (Maria G. Calderon, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Roche.


MODIFIED ON DENIAL OF REHEARING

Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Sampath Kumaran, a former substitute school teacher and security guard, filed a pro se defamation complaint on June 1, 1990, against two media defendants and two nonmedia defendants. Plaintiff's complaint alleged that he had been libeled by an article published in the Chicago Tribune on August 8, 1989. The media defendants are the Chicago Tribune Company...

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