Busch v. Bates

The plaintiff, Alva W Busch, a crime scene technician for the Illinois State Police, filed a four-count complaint against the defendants, Joseph Bates, Greg Fernandez, and Wayne Watson, Illinois State Police officers, on September 22, 1995, alleging that the defendants had conspired to defame his reputation. The circuit court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiffs second amended complaint. The court stated that since the defendants made the statements pursuant to their mandatory duty to cooperate in the internal investigation of the plaintiffs conduct as a crime scene…