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CHAPSKI v. COPLEY PRESS

No. 80-505.

100 Ill. App.3d 1012 (1981)

427 N.E.2d 638

ROBERT A. CHAPSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE COPLEY PRESS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed October 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van R. Richards, Jr., of Geister, Schnell, Richards and Brown, Chartered, and Robert A. Chapski, Ltd., both of Elgin, for appellant.

Lambert M. Ochsenschlager and Wayne F. Wiler, both of Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy & Hupp, of Aurora, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Robert A. Chapski, an attorney, brought this action to recover damages for alleged libel published by defendants, Copley Press, Inc.; The Daily Courier News; its editor and publisher, D. Ray Wilson; its executive editor, LeRoy Clemens; and a reporter, Michael Bailey.

The trial court dismissed the complaint finding that the innocent-construction rule applied to the newspaper...

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