Achanzar v. Ravenswood Hospital

SECOND DIVISION

December 11, 2001

No. 1-00-2586

MARVIE ACHANZAR,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

RAVENSWOOD HOSPITAL, LETICIA GARCIA, and ELVIRA BERGANOS,

Defendants-Appellees.))))))))))

Appeal from the

Circuit Court of

Cook County

No. 98 L 3311

Honorable

Donald Devlin,

Judge Presiding.

Plaintiff Marvie Achanzar appeals a judgment for defendants and the denial of his motion for a new trial. The main issue we address is a contention of the plaintiff that whether a qualified privilege exists as a defense in a workplace defamation action is a question of fact for the jury. The trial court believed that the existence…