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MAPLE LANES, INC. v. NEWS MEDIA CORP.

No. 2-00-0353.

751 N.E.2d 177 (2001)

322 Ill. App.3d 842

256 Ill.Dec. 124

MAPLE LANES, INC., d/b/a Frankies, and Kenneth J. George, Sr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NEWS MEDIA CORPORATION, d/b/a Rochelle News Leader, Defendant-Appellee (Mel Messer and the Ogle County Sheriff's Department, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

June 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene Hernandez, Law Office of Rene Hernandez, P.C., Rockford, for Kenneth J. George, Sr., Maple Lanes, Inc.

Denis K. Sheehan, Norton, Mancini, Argentati, Weiler & DeAno, Wheaton, for Ogle County Sheriff's Dept.

Timothy J. Rivelli, Julie A. Bauer, Peggy M. Balestri, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, for News Media Corp.

Justice CALLUM delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Maple Lanes, Incorporated, and Kenneth George, Sr., appeal the circuit court's order granting summary judgment to defendant News Media Corporation, the publisher of the Rochelle News Leader (News Media). Plaintiffs alleged that an article published in defendant's newspaper defamed them. The trial court ruled that the allegedly defamatory statement was an accurate summary of a statement made by defendant...

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