Legal Opinion
Bryson v. News America Publications, Inc.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 24, 1996No. 79712PublishedCited by 474 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bilandic
The plaintiff, Kimberly Bryson, brought an action against the defendants, News America Publications, Inc., and Lucy Logsdon. The plaintiff’s two-count complaint alleged that she was defamed by the publication of an article entitled Bryson, which was written by defendant Logsdon and published by defendant News America in the March 1991 edition of Seventeen magazine.
The complaint was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on August 6, 1991, but that action was dismissed for lack of diversity jurisdiction. The plaintiff refiled her action in…
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