McGuire v. Jankiewicz

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of a dismissal of plaintiff s complaint which he contends here, as he did below, sets forth a valid cause of action for slander per se.

In his complaint, as amended, plaintiff alleged that he, an attorney licensed in this State, was retained by Karen McQueary to prosecute a personal injury case. One evening while he was visiting his client in the hospital, Leonard Jankiewicz telephoned her, identified himself as an adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company, and expressed a desire to discuss the claim with…