Renard v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

This is an action for libel, conspiracy to libel, malicious injury to property rights and conspiracy to maliciously injure property rights against all of the defendants, and for fraud and conspiracy to defraud against defendants Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., CBS Inc., Harry Porterfield and James Hatfield. The trial court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s amended complaint, finding that plaintiff had failed to state a cause of action under section 2 — 615 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110, par. 2 — 615). Plaintiff appeals.

The instant…