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· 8/24/1988

Lee v. Calfa

Citations

  • 528 N.E.2d 336
  • 174 Ill. App. 3d 101
  • 123 Ill. Dec. 791
  • 1988 Ill. App. LEXIS 1260

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  • outrageous attack on the integrity of the insured’s expert witness during closing argument thwarted the orderly administration of justice and, combined with an instructional error, warranted a new trial
  • outrageous attack on the integrity of the insured's expert witness during closing argument thwarted the orderly administration of justice and, combined with an instructional error, warranted a new trial
  • counsel made improper statements in the form of the personal abuse of a witness and the belittling of an adversary, throughout a record exceeding 600 pages, that could not be classified as isolated and inadvertent but reflected a persistent effort to prejudice the jury

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Judges: Unverzagt

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