GORAL v. KULYS

No. 1-13-3236.

2014 IL App (1st) 133236

ANNA GORAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOSEPH KULYS, Defendant-Appellee (John Does 1 through 5, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Filed October 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Macchitelli , of Law Office of James Macchitelli, of Schaumburg, for appellant.

Christopher Koczwara , of Law Office of Christopher Koczwara, PC, of Chicago, for appellee.

Presiding Justice Fitzgerald Smith and Justice Taylor concurred in the judgment and opinion.


OPINION

JUSTICE EPSTEIN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This appeal addresses whether the Illinois Citizen Participation Act (the Act) (735 ILCS 110/1 et seq. (West 2010)) bars a defamation suit filed by a former candidate for public office against a blogger who wrote an article questioning whether the candidate was qualified to run for office. Plaintiff Anna Goral, the former candidate, appeals from the trial court's order...

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