Kuwik v. Starmark Star Marketing & Administration, Inc.

Plaintiff, Lori Kuwik, filed an action in the circuit court of Du Page County against defendants Starmark Star Marketing and Administration (Starmark), Benefit Trust Life Insurance Company (Benefit), E. Mitsis (Mitsis) and Arthur J. Fischer (Fischer) (collectively, defendants) for libel. The trial court entered summary judgment for all defendants and plaintiff appealed. The appellate court reversed (232 Ill. App. 3d 8), and we granted defendants’ petition for leave to appeal (134 Ill. 2d R. 315).

Plaintiff is a doctor of chiropractic medicine and practices at Fox Valley Health Services in St.…