MULLEN v. SOLBER

No. 1-93-2430.

648 N.E.2d 950 (1995)

271 Ill. App.3d 442

208 Ill.Dec. 28

Michael P. MULLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter V. SOLBER and Peter, V. Solber, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

March 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mullen, Raleigh & Cahill, Chicago, for appellant.

Michael P. Mullen, pro se.


Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff appeals from the trial court's ruling at the close of all the evidence in a common law slander case that the proof was insufficient to permit a jury instruction on punitive damages. The alleged slander in this case was spoken by one lawyer about another lawyer in a crowded courtroom. The trial court found that defendant Solber's words to plaintiff Mullen were slander per se. But the court refused...

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