Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. Otis Elevator Co.

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• holding, under similar facts, that plaintiff’s negligence theory required it to prove that the elevator “was within the defendant’s exclusive control”
• noting that summary denial of sanctions is reviewed only for an abuse of discretion
• noting, in relation to competency of witnesses, that \there are `inherent difficulties' in attempting retrospective determination of mental competency even `under the most favorable of circumstances'\ (citations omitted)
• noting, in relation to competency of witnesses, that “there are ‘inherent difficulties’ in attempting retrospective determination of mental competency even ‘under the most favorable of circumstances’ ” (citations omitted)
• “When the opinion of an expert is totally lacking in factual support it is nothing more than conjecture and guess and should not be admitted as evidence”
• \When the opinion of an expert is totally lacking in factual support it is nothing more than conjecture and guess and should not be admitted as evidence\

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