Jamison v. Rebenson

This is a libel and slander action by an international union organizer against several officers and an employee of a local union. The suit was dismissed on defendants’ motion and plaintiff has appealed.

The motion raised the question of the sufficiency of the three count amended complaint and the question before us is the propriety of the ruling on the motion. The well pleaded facts are admitted by the motion, but the amended complaint, since this was before verdict, must be construed strongly against plaintiff, Field v. Oberwortmann, 14 Ill.App.2d 218.

Plaintiff represented an international…