Legal Opinion
Slovinski v. Elliott
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 2010No. 107146 RelPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burke
Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.
Justice Kilbride dissented, with opinion.
OPINION
Following the entry of a default judgment in a defamation lawsuit, a jury awarded the plaintiff, Jerry Slovinski, $81,600 in damages for emotional distress and $2 million in punitive damages. The circuit court of Cook County remitted the punitive damage award to $1 million. On appeal, the appellate court affirmed the default judgment and the award for emotional damage but remitted the punitive damage award further, to $81,600. No. 1…
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