Legal Opinion
Krueger v. Lewis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 24, 2003No. 1-02-1212PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE THEIS
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, Patricia Krueger, appeals from an order of the circuit court granting defendant Mary Ann Lewis’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs complaint under section 2 — 615 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 2000)). Plaintiff argues the trial court erred in dismissing the complaint in that it adequately stated a cause of action for slander per se and the defendant’s communications were not absolutely privileged. For the following reasons, we reverse.
The complaint alleges the following facts. Plaintiff held…
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