Minor v. City of Chicago

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• trial court improperly excluded evidence of the plaintiff’s prior conviction for theft in civil lawsuit against the City of Chicago for injuries allegedly sustained from a fall on a public sidewalk
• abuse of discretion to bar impeachment use of plaintiffs two misdemeanor theft convictions in personal injury trial; since plaintiff was the sole occurrence witness, his “testimony and credibility was of the utmost importance in the jury’s determination”
• abuse of discretion to bar impeachment use of plaintiff's two misdemeanor theft convictions in personal injury trial; since plaintiff was the sole occurrence witness his \testimony and credibility was of the utmost importance in the jury's determination.\

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