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MEYER v. McKEOWN

No. 3-93-0912.

641 N.E.2d 1212 (1994)

266 Ill.App.3d 324

204 Ill.Dec. 593

Donald L. MEYER and Bonita Vista Development, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Douglas McKEOWN, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

August 26, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Beckley (argued), James E. Beckley & Associates, Wheaton, for appellants.

Pamela Gorcowski (argued), Robert J. Baron, Rooks, Pitts & Poust, Joliet, for appellee.

Justice LYTTON delivered the opinion of the court:

We are asked to decide whether allegedly libelous statements published by a village trustee in a newsletter sent to 1200 postal customers in and around the village were privileged communications. Defendant Douglas McKeown, a member of the Village board of the Village of Minooka, Illinois, indicated in his newsletter that Donald Meyer, plaintiff, had not completed work as promised in connection with a subdivision development...

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