{"id":7554,"date":"2019-12-11T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=7554"},"modified":"2019-12-08T15:02:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T15:02:26","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-reverses-verdict-orders-new-trial-when-defendants-expert-witness-was-not-allowed-to-be-cross-examined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-reverses-verdict-orders-new-trial-when-defendants-expert-witness-was-not-allowed-to-be-cross-examined\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Verdict and Orders New Trial After Defendant\u2019s Expert Witness Was Not Allowed to be Cross-Examined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Oct. 10, 2013, Scott Gilman&#8217;s car ran over the left foot of Sweta Karn while the car was making a left turn on a street. Karn was a pedestrian at the time; she suffered severe and permanent injury to her foot. She filed a lawsuit against Gilman and his employer, Aspen Commercial Painting Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Aspen and Gilman filed affirmative defenses sounding in contributory negligence and Karn\u2019s failure to mitigate her damages.<\/p>\n<p>At the jury trial, Aspen focused on a video that was taken that purported to show Karn walking, post incident, without a limp or any sign of her alleged permanent injuries. Karn, on seeing the video, denied that she was depicted in the video.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-reverses-verdict-orders-new-trial-when-defendants-expert-witness-was-not-allowed-to-be-cross-examined\/#more-7554\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Oct. 10, 2013, Scott Gilman&#8217;s car ran over the left foot of Sweta Karn while the car was making a left turn on a street. Karn was a pedestrian at the time; she suffered severe and permanent injury to her foot. 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