Legal Opinion
Kessler v. Zekman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 27, 1993No. 1-91-1963PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scariano
Plaintiff Seymour Kessler, a former podiatrist, filed a complaint in the circuit court wherein he alleged that he was defamed by false statements made by defendant Pamela Zekman, an investigative reporter for WBBM-TV, the wholly owned Chicago affiliate of defendant CBS, Inc., and by defendants Drs. Turf, Frankel, and Jones, who were interviewed by Zekman in a two-part report televised by WBBM-TV. He further claimed that the report tortiously invaded his privacy by placing him in a false light. The statements concerned his practice of podiatry and whether his negligence injured former patients.
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- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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