{"id":3417,"date":"2014-03-28T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2014-03-24T19:57:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T00:57:25","slug":"injured-plaintiff-barred-late-arrival-arbitration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/injured-plaintiff-barred-late-arrival-arbitration\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured Plaintiff Barred Because of Late Arrival at Arbitration"},"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\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.il.us\/court\/AppellateCourt\/default.asp\">Illinois Appellate Court<\/a> affirmed a decision of a Cook County judge barring testimony of the plaintiff, Bettie Payton-White, because she was more than 15 minutes late to a court-mandated arbitration session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In November 2010, a car crash occurred between the motor vehicle driven by Bettie Payton-White and one driven by the defendant, Anthony Weir.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>In August 2011, Payton-White filed a personal injury lawsuit against Weir claiming that the collision was caused by Weir\u2019s negligent driving.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Weir denied that he was negligent, and the court assigned the lawsuit to mandatory arbitration scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on May 29, 2012.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">At the arbitration session, neither Payton-White nor her representative was present.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>At 8:45 a.m., after allowing a 15-minute grace period, the arbitrator entered a decision in Weir\u2019s favor and awarded $436 in costs to Weir because of Payton-White\u2019s failure to appear.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/injured-plaintiff-barred-late-arrival-arbitration\/#more-3417\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a decision of a Cook County judge barring testimony of the plaintiff, Bettie Payton-White, because she was more than 15 minutes late to a court-mandated arbitration session. 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