THOMAS v. PAGE

No. 2-05-0348.

837 N.E.2d 483 (2005)

361 Ill. App.3d 484

297 Ill.Dec. 400

Robert R. THOMAS, Plaintiff, v. Bill PAGE, Individually and as an Agent and/or Employee of Shaw Suburban Media Group, Inc., a division of Shaw Newspapers, an Illinois Corporation d/b/a The Kane County Chronicle; Greg Rivara, Individually and as an Agent and/or Employee of Shaw Suburban Media Group, Inc., a division of Shaw Newspapers, an Illinois Corporation d/b/a The Kane County Chronicle; and Shaw Suburban Media Group, Inc., a division of Shaw Newspapers, an Illinois Corporation d/b/a The Kane County Chronicle, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, and Justices Mary Ann C. McMorrow, Charles E. Freeman, Philip J. Rarick, Thomas R. Fitzgerald, Rita B. Garman and Thomas L. Kilbride, Non-Party Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

October 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Mandell, Steven L. Baron, Brendan J. Healey, Suzanne M. Scheuing, Mandell Menkes LLC, Chicago, for Bill Page, Greg Rivara, Shaw Newspapers, Shaw Suburban Media Group, Inc.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Gary S. Feinerman, Solicitor General, Chicago, for Thomas R. Fitzgerald, Charles E. Freeman, Rita B. Garman, Thomas L. Kilbride, Mary Ann C. McMorrow, and Philip J. Rarick.

Joseph A. Power Jr., Power, Rogers & Smith, P.C., Chicago, for Robert R. Thomas.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This interlocutory appeal arises out of a defamation action filed by the plaintiff, Robert R. Thomas, a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, against the defendants, Bill Page; Shaw Suburban Media Group, Inc., a division of Shaw Newspapers, an Illinois corporation, d/b/a the Kane County Chronicle; and Greg Rivara. In the underlying complaint, the plaintiff asserts claims for defamation and false light invasion of...

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