SCHIVARELLI v. CBS, INC.

No. 1-01-3969.

776 N.E.2d 693 (2002)

333 Ill. App.3d 755

267 Ill.Dec. 321

Peter SCHIVARELLI and H.D. Stands, L.L.C., a/k/a Demon Dogs, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. CBS, INC., WBBM Television, and Pamela Zekman, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

August 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Mandel, Ltd., Chicago (Alan J. Mandel, of counsel), for Appellant.

Garnder Carton & Douglas, Chicago (Michael J. Hayes, Myriam Pierre Warren, of counsel), CBA Broadcasting, Inc., New York City (Susanna M. Lowy, Anthony M. Bongiorno, of counsel), and Levine Sullivan and Koch, L.L.P., Washington, D.C. (Lee Levine, Jay Ward Brown, Thomas Curley, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice SHEILA M. O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Peter Schivarelli and H.D. Stands, L.L.C., also known as Demon Dogs, appeal the order of the circuit court dismissing their complaint against defendants, CBS Broadcasting, Inc.1, WBBM Television, and Pamela Zekman, for defamation, false light invasion of privacy, commercial misappropriation, and commercial disparagement. Plaintiffs also appeal the order of the circuit...

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