... (Cosmo's), and the Chicago Sun-Times (the Sun-Times) alleging that an advertisement
for Cosmo's published by the Sun-Times constituted defamation per se, defamation per
quod, false light invasion of privacy and commercial disparagement. ...
... Plaintiff, John Green, sued defendant, Steven Rogers, for two counts of defamation per se and
one count of civil conspiracy. ... The appellate court affirmed the dismissal of the civil conspiracy
count but reversed the dismissal of the defamation per se counts. ...
... On May 10, 2006, plaintiffs, J. Maki Construction Company and John Maki, Sr., filed their second
amended complaint alleging two counts of defamation against defendants, the Chicago Regional
Council of Carpenters (the Union), Joel Pogose, Daniel McMahon, and Randy ...