ABRAMS v. WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOC.

No. 1-98-1947.

715 N.E.2d 798 (1999)

306 Ill. App.3d 1006

240 Ill.Dec. 111

Gregory ABRAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC., Jeffrey Valley Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Maurice Brooks, Otis Temple, Sr., Henry Martin, Will Davis, Melvirse Dervin, Stacy Cross, and Lisa Harris-Temple, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Stephen H. Dabrowski, Chicago (Stephen H. Dabrowski and Jessica B. Tucker, of counsel), for Appellant.

Legal Department Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., Patterson, NY (Mario F. Moreno, of counsel); and Starr & Rowells, Chicago (Timothy L. Rowells, of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Gregory L. Abrams, once a member of the Jeffrey Valley Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, brought suit against individual members of that congregation and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York (sometimes collectively defendants), alleging that defendants conspired to remove him from the congregation by causing two female members to accuse him falsely of grave and serious sins. After the circuit...

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