Wilbourn v. Cavalenes

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• finding that, under certain circumstances, an improper closing argument can be cured where “the trial court admonished the jury that closing arguments were not evidence, and that the jury should decide the case based on the evidence alone”
• abuse occurs only when no reasonable person would adopt court’s view, and party seeking reversal bears burden of establishing required substantial prejudice
• “cursory argument does not meet the standard of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 341(h)(7)”
• \cursory argument does not meet the standard of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 341(h)(7)\
• failure to argue issue on appeal results in forfeiture of point on appeal
• as civil trials do not implicate the sixth amendment, application of the plain-error doctrine in civil cases is exceedingly rare and applies only where a prejudicial error is so egregious that it deprived a party of a fair trial and impaired the integrity of the judicial process

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