Donnellan v. First Student, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• emphasizing that an “award for noneconomic damages *** still must be a product of the evidence”
• noting that as day-in-the-life videos are demonstrative and intended “to illustrate evidence regarding a party’s life at the time of trial,” disclosure just before trial “was not prejudicial”
• upholding an award of $6 million for a plaintiff who suffered a brain injury, lost mobility, increased pain, and depression
• upholding an award of $6 million for a plaintiff who suffered a brain injury, lost mobility, increased pain, and depression
• “We review a trial court’s admission of a day-in-the-life video for an abuse of discretion, which occurs only when no reasonable person would agree with the decision of the trial court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Diamond Offshore Servs. Ltd. v. Williams
  Texas Supreme Court· 2018-03-02· cited 86×
• People v. LaPointe
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-07-18· cited 67×
• People v. Safford
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-06-01· cited 45×
• People v. Luna
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-04-25· cited 22×
• People v. Prather
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-10-29· cited 16×
• People v. Cook
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-06-24· cited 11×
• Kayman v. Rasheed
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-06-09· cited 10×
• Schwartz v. Illinois Human Rights Comm'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-12-16· cited 8×
• Diamond Offshore Services Limited and Diamond Offshore Services Company v. Willie David Williams
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-07-23· cited 7×
• Parsons v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-01-10· cited 5×
• Rodas v. SwedishAmerican Health System Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-01-29· cited 4×
• Akinyemi v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-05-08
• Diamond Offshore Services Limited and Diamond Offshore Services Company v. Willie David Williams
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-07-23
• Diamond Offshore Services Limited and Diamond Offshore Services Company v. Willie David Williams
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-09-04

Cites

31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Frye v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
• People Ex Rel. Sherman v. Cryns
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-02-21· cited 301×
• Donaldson v. Central Illinois Public Service Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-02-22· cited 232×
• Gill v. Foster
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1993-11-18· cited 204×
• In Re Commitment of Simons
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-12-16· cited 173×
• People v. Urdiales
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-05-29· cited 124×
• Villa v. Crown Cork & Seal Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-09-05· cited 108×
• People v. McKown
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-09-20· cited 95×
• Mekertichian v. Mercedes-Benz U.S.A., L.L.C.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-03-31· cited 81×
• French v. City of Springfield
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-10-01· cited 68×
• Shannon v. Boise Cascade Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-02-05· cited 66×
• Warrender v. Millsop
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-04-23· cited 54×
• Velarde v. Illinois Central Railroad
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-11-08· cited 45×
• Cisarik v. Palos Community Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 43×
• Levin v. Welsh Brothers Motor Service, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-12-01· cited 37×
• Smith v. PACE, a SUBURBAN BUS DIV.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-06-28· cited 32×
• Spyrka v. County of Cook
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-06-08· cited 30×
• Mikolajczyk v. Ford Motor Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-06-13· cited 27×
• Chrysler v. Darnall
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-11-23· cited 22×