HOOD v. ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL ASS'N

No. 2-05-0141.

835 N.E.2d 938 (2005)

359 Ill. App.3d 1065

296 Ill.Dec. 585

Frank HOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION and Martin L. Hickman, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vern L. Davitt, Sasha S. Jonic, Rockford, for Frank Hood.

Dykema Gossett Rooks Pitts, PLLC, David J. Bressler, Gregory L. Lacey, Lisle, Schueler, Dallavo & Casieri, Christopher J. Dallavo, Chicago, for Martin L. Hickman, Illinois High School Association.


Justice CALLUM delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Frank Hood, sued defendants, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and Martin L. Hickman, the IHSA's executive director, for negligence and defamation. The trial court dismissed the action (see 735 ILCS 5/2-619(a)(9) (West 2002)) as barred by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Act) (745 ILCS 10/1-101 et seq. (West 2002)). On appeal, plaintiff argues that defendants...

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