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STONE v. PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS, INC.

No. 1-09-3386.

961 N.E.2d 380 (2011)

356 Ill. Dec. 284

Lisa STONE, as Mother and Next Friend of Jed Stone, Petitioner-Appellee, v. PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS, INC., Respondent (John Doe, Intervenor-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

November 17, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Furlong , Peter M. Trobe , Trobe, Babowice & Associates LLC, Waukegan, IL, Charles Mudd, Jr. , Mudd Law Offices, Chicago, IL, for appellant.

Stephen L. Tyma , William A. O'Connor , Tyma O'Connor, P.C., Chicago, IL, for appellee.

OPINION

Presiding Justice LAVIN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This appeal has its genesis in online chat on a suburban newspaper's comment board between two individuals (one later identified as a minor) who posted various sarcastic comments about a local election under anonymous screen names. The minor's mother, a candidate in the election, was the subject of much of the chatter and she ultimately filed a filed a petition pursuant...

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