Legal Opinion
McCutcheon v. Moran
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 17, 1981No. 80-1756PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
This is an appeal, pro se, by plaintiff Anabel J. McCutcheon from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing her amended complaint. Plaintiff, formerly employed by the Chicago Board of Education as a principal at the Audubon School, alleged that defendant Thomas Moran, Jr., also employed at the school as a janitor, libeled her when he accused her of a battery.
Defendant had brought criminal charges against plaintiff after he claimed she caused him injury by kicking him in the buttocks. These charges were prosecuted by the State’s Attorney’s office. After a two-day trial, plaintiff…
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