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Illinois Supreme Court· 6/29/1984

Bullard v. Barnes

Citations

  • 468 N.E.2d 1228
  • 102 Ill. 2d 505
  • 82 Ill. Dec. 448
  • 1984 Ill. LEXIS 321

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding the Fourth District’s holding that it was reversible error to admit details surrounding the decedent’s death where the defendants admitted liability
  • upholding the Fourth District’s holding that it was reversible error to admit details surrounding the decedent’s death where the defendants admitted liability
  • contrasting nineteenth-century view, “when children were valued largely for their capacity to contribute to the family income,” with modern view that “the chief value of children to their parents is the intangible benefits they provide in the form of comfort, counsel and society”
  • finding circuit court did not abuse its discretion in admitting morgue photos of decedent because “the photographs here at issue were not so inflammatory or gruesome as to outweigh their probative value in assisting the jury’s determination of the extent of decedent’s pain and suffering”
  • finding circuit court did not abuse its discretion in admitting morgue photos of decedent because \the photographs here at issue were not so inflammatory or gruesome as to outweigh their probative value in assisting the jury's determination of the extent of decedent's pain and suffering\
  • \`a decision [to admit a photograph] normally rests within the discretion of the trial court'\

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Judges: Underwood, Clark

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