Cecil v. Gibson

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• reversal warranted when defense counsel referred to plaintiff’s counsel as a “slick attorney from Chicago” and plaintiffs expert witness as a “slick hired gun”
• reference to plaintiff’s expert as a \sidekick” and \right-hand man” was improper; but see Ellington v. Bilsel, 255 Ill. App. 3d 233, 236, 626 N.E.2d 386 (1993
• reversal 29 No. 1-08-3603 warranted when defense counsel referred to plaintiff’s counsel as a “slick attorney from Chicago” and plaintiff’s expert witness as a “slick hired gun”
• reference to plaintiff's expert as a \sidekick\ and \righthand man\ was improper
• reference to plaintiff's expert as a \sidekick\ and \righthand man\ was improper; but see Ellington v. Bilsel , 255 Ill. App. 3d 233, 626 N.E.2d 386 (1993)(reference to expert as \polished\ and \a performer\ were not as inflammatory as the \hired gun\ line of cases

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