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PARKER v. HOUSE O'LITE CORP.

No. 1-00-3764.

756 N.E.2d 286 (2001)

324 Ill. App.3d 1014

258 Ill.Dec. 304

Theodore E. PARKER, P.E., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOUSE O'LITE CORPORATION d/b/a Holcor and Susan M. Larson, individually and as President of Holcor, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

August 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman B. Berger, and Anne E. Viner, Varga Berger Ledsky Hayes & Casey, Chicago, for Appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago (Steven M. Puiszis, Nancy G. Lischer, Robert T. Shannon, and James C. Vlahakis, of counsel), for Appellees.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The free flow of information on matters of compelling public interest is highly prized in our society. There are times when someone speaking out on such a matter gets the facts wrong and ends up defaming someone else. For these occasions the law provides a qualified privilege, one that can be abused and lost. This case requires us to examine whether the defendant defamed...

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