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KNIGHT v. CHICAGO TRIBUNE CO.

No. 1-06-0957.

895 N.E.2d 1007 (2008)

Thomas L. KNIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRIBUNE COMPANY, a Corporation, Maurice Possley and Ken Armstrong, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

September 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Bowers, Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

H. Patrick Morris, David M. Macksey, Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago, Charles L. Babcock, Nancy W. Hamilton, Jackson Walker LLP, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Presiding Justice MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court:

This defamation action involves a trial about a trial about a trial. Thomas Knight was an assistant State's Attorney who prosecuted Rolando Cruz for the murder of Jeanine Nicarico. Eventually the court acquitted Cruz. Other prosecutors later charged Knight with obstruction of justice. Knight also won an acquittal. Knight then sued Maurice Possley and his employer, the Chicago Tribune, accusing them of publishing...

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