Legal Opinion
Goldberg v. Brooks
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 20, 2011No. 1-09-2578PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Steele
Presiding Justice Quinn and Justice Murphy concurred in the judgment and opinion.
OPINION
Plaintiff Jerrold Goldberg appeals orders of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing his defamation complaint against defendants Eleanor Brooks, Karen Bradley and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 (District 65), and denying him leave to file an amended complaint alleging defamation and tortious interference with contract by the defendants. For the following reasons, we conclude that the circuit court did not err in ruling that the statements by Brooks and Bradley were subject to an absolute privilege…
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