Legal Opinion
Costello v. Capital Cities Communications, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 11, 1987No. 5-85-0236PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jones
Defendants, Capital Cities Communications, Inc., and Richard Hargraves, appeal a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County rendered in a trial before the court sitting without a jury in the amount of $1,050,000. The judgment encompassed an award of actual damages in the amount of $450,000 and punitive damages in the amount of $600,000. Plaintiff’s action was for libel. The defendant Capital Cities Communications, Inc. (Capital Cities), is the owner of the Belleville News-Democrat (News-Democrat), a newspaper of general circulation in St. Clair County. The defendant Richard Hargraves…
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