VAN HORNE v. MULLER

No. 85063

705 N.E.2d 898 (1998)

185 Ill.2d 299

235 Ill.Dec. 715

Keith VAN HORNE, Appellee, v. Matthew "Mancow" MULLER (Irma Blanco et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Baron, D'Ancona & Pflaum, Chicago, for Matthew "Mancow" Muller.

Paul M. Levy, Phillip J. Zisook, Brian D. Saucier, Deutsch, Levy & Engel, Ltd., Chicago, for Keith Van Horne.

David P. Sanders, Jenner & Block, Chicago, for Amicus Curiae CBS Corporation.

Jay Ward Brown, Levine, Pierson, Sullivan & Koch, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Capstar Broadcasting Corporation and Jacor Communications, Inc.


Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Keith Van Horne, brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County to recover damages for injury to his reputation resulting from allegedly defamatory statements made by radio deejay Matthew "Mancow" Muller (Muller) and his cobroadcaster Irma Blanco (Blanco). Plaintiff asserted claims for defamation per se against Muller and Blanco as well as WRCX...

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