Morris v. Harvey Cycle and Camper, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that car dealership was not liable for defamation for falsely reporting car as stolen to the police as a ‘strong arm tactic’ to recover the car without refunding the purchaser’s down payment
• stating that the ICFA “provides remedies for … economic injuries” that are calculable
• holding allegedly false statements to the police that the plaintiff had stolen a vehicle were absolutely privileged despite the allegation the statements were made for the improper purpose of recovering the vehicle without refunding a down payment
• affirming trial court’s dismissal of plaintiffs claim for relief under the ICFA where plaintiff “alleged only emotional damages”
• applying the rule to allegations of false complaints of criminal activity used to intimidate someone
• collecting cases and refusing to modify Illinois' absolute privilege to exempt from its scope reports made to law enforcement with an ulterior motive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).