· 3/20/2003
Snelson v. Kamm
Citations
- 787 N.E.2d 796
- 204 Ill. 2d 1
- 272 Ill. Dec. 610
- 2003 Ill. LEXIS 456
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- holding that any valid objection the defendant may have had for admission of evidence “was waived by his failure to make specific contemporary objections at trial so that any defect could have been cured”
- affirming trial court’s grant of judgment notwithstanding jury’s verdict for the plaintiff and against hospital where expert testimony was considered vague and conelusory because no medical expert testified about proximate causation to link nursing staffs alleged misconduct to injury
- rejecting defendant’s claim that the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence where the case involved a “classic battle of the experts” in which the jury resolved the testimony in favor of plaintiff
- rejecting the defendant's claim that the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence where the case involved a \classic battle of the experts\ in which the jury resolved the discrepant testimony in favor of the plaintiff
- affirming trial court's grant of judgment notwithstanding jury's verdict for the plaintiff and against hospital where expert testimony was considered vague and conclusory because no medical expert testified about proximate causation to link nursing staff's alleged misconduct to injury
- rejecting the defendant’s claim that the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence where the case involved a “classic battle of the experts” in which the jury resolved the discrepant testimony in favor of the plaintiff (internal quotation marks omitted)
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Judges: Thomas, Rarick
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