Appellate Court of Illinois July 12, 2002, NO. 5-01-0462 (Myers v. the Telegraph)

PRESIDING JUSTICE MAAG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Kirk Myers and Joan E. Myers (collectively plaintiffs) brought this action against The Telegraph newspaper and Thomas Wrausmann, a reporter (collectively defendants), for damages arising from the publication of two articles indicating that Kirk Myers pleaded guilty to a felony and that he received probation.