Illinois Supreme Court· 5/19/1994

Thurmond v. Monroe

Citations

636 N.E.2d 544
159 Ill. 2d 240
201 Ill. Dec. 112
1994 Ill. LEXIS 74

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declining to give preclusive effect to traffic court conviction, noting that “applying collateral estoppel would make traffic court an integral part of a civil action and might have a substantial impact on traffic court proceedings”
collateral estoppel not applied where prior traffic court proceeding determined only whether plaintiff violated a trafile statute and later civil proceeding determined who caused the resulting collision
collateral estoppel not applied where prior traffic court proceeding determined only whether plaintiff violated a traffic statute and later civil proceeding determined who caused the resulting collision
collateral estoppel not applied where prior traffic court proceeding determined only whether plaintiff violated a traffic statute and later civil proceeding determined who caused the resulting collision
“Ultimately, the danger of unfair prejudice from a traffic conviction outweighs its probative value. A conviction conveys a deceptive sense of certainty to the jury in a civil case that is difficult to challenge” (citation omitted)

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