{"id":2851,"date":"2014-01-13T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2014-01-12T08:14:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T14:14:54","slug":"illinois-law-requires-expert-trial-testimony-speculative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-law-requires-expert-trial-testimony-speculative\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Law Requires That Expert Trial Testimony Not Be Speculative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It is sometimes overlooked in trial practice or not given enough emphasis that the conduct of a defendant must be proved to have proximately caused the injuries or damages claimed in the pleadings. Also, expert testimony must meet the rules of scientific reliability.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For example, Gary McCann, an engineer for more than 17 years for the defendant, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Illinois_Central_Railroad\">Illinois Central Railroad<\/a>, sued the railroad in a 4-count complaint. He claimed damages for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/carpal-tunnel-syndrome\/basics\/definition\/CON-20030332\">carpal tunnel syndrome<\/a> caused by the railroad&#8217;s inadequate and defective cab seats, rough track, oversized ballast and defective switches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In this case, McCann claimed negligence under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/45\/51\">Federal Employer\u2019s Liability Act<\/a> (FELA), 45 U.S.C. \u00a751 et seq.; negligence per se; violations of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/49\/20701\">Locomotive Inspection Act<\/a>, 49 U.S.C. \u00a720701; and negligence for causing his carpal tunnel syndrome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-law-requires-expert-trial-testimony-speculative\/#more-2851\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is sometimes overlooked in trial practice or not given enough emphasis that the conduct of a defendant must be proved to have proximately caused the injuries or damages claimed in the pleadings. Also, expert testimony must meet the rules of scientific reliability.\u00a0 For example, Gary McCann, an engineer for more than 17 years for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,38,72,7,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-experts","category-federal-law","category-train-accidents","category-work-injuries","category-workers-rights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illinois Law Requires That Expert Trial Testimony Not Be Speculative  &#8212; 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