Legal Opinion
Fopay v. Noveroske
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 14, 1975No. 71-27PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Karns
This appeal is from a judgment entered in Clay County upon a jury verdict for libel in favor of plaintiff-appellee, Joseph Fopay, against defendant-appellant, Richard Noveroske, in the amount of $27,500 compensatory and $20,000 punitive damages.
Plaintiff alleged in his complaint that while he was chief x-ray technician at Clay County Hospital, defendant, chief radiologist at the hospital, maliciously published four letters by circulating them to other radiologists, hospitals, and representatives of national professional radiologists’ organizations. The complaint alleged that the publications…
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