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· 4/8/1992

Betts v. Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust

Citations

  • 588 N.E.2d 1193
  • 225 Ill. App. 3d 882
  • 167 Ill. Dec. 1063

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  • holding that it is prejudicial error for an attorney to discuss personal experience or personal opinion in closing argument
  • holding that it is prejudicial error for an attorney to discuss personal experience or personal opinion in closing argument
  • discussing use of deposition testimony to establish cause of action was barred by statute of limitations
  • indicating expert witness should have been precluded from testifying where his opinion was not timely disclosed
  • indicating expert witness should have been precluded from testifying where his opinion was not timely disclosed
  • party asserting collateral estoppel bears burden of demonstrating what prior judgment determined

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Judges: McCULLOUGH

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