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GRISANZIO v. ROCKFORD NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 84-0745.

132 Ill. App.3d 914 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 805

VITO GRISANZIO, d/b/a Capri Restaurant, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROCKFORD NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed April 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis E. Hickey and Robert G. Coplan, both of Connolly, Hickey & Oliver, of Rockford, and William S. Brandt, of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, of Rochester, New York, for appellants.

Peter S. Switzer, of Barrick, Jackson, Switzer, Long & Balsley, of Rockford, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE LINDBERG delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Vito Grisanzio, d/b/a the Capri Restaurant, in Rockford, brought an action for defamation against defendants Rockford Newspapers, Inc., Gannett News Service, Inc., Tom Schafer and Dave Daley in the circuit court of Winnebago County. Defendants' motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch...

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