{"id":5388,"date":"2020-12-22T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5388"},"modified":"2020-12-21T05:57:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T11:57:02","slug":"illinois-supreme-court-affirms-appellate-court-reversing-trial-courts-refusal-to-allow-plaintiff-to-redesignate-a-controlled-expert-witness-to-consultant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-supreme-court-affirms-appellate-court-reversing-trial-courts-refusal-to-allow-plaintiff-to-redesignate-a-controlled-expert-witness-to-consultant\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Appellate Court Reversing Trial Court\u2019s Refusal to Allow Plaintiff to Redesignate a Controlled Expert Witness to Consultant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexis Dameron was held in contempt for refusing to comply with the Circuit Court of Cook County\u2019s discovery order. Under the order, she was required to disclose the report of Dr. David Preston to the defendants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercy-chicago.org\">Mercy Hospital &#038; Medical Center <\/a>and several physicians who were defendants in this lawsuit. <\/p>\n<p>Dameron initially disclosed Dr. Preston as an Illinois Supreme Court Rule 213(f)(3) controlled expert witness in her answers to defendants\u2019 interrogatories. She subsequently moved to<br \/>\nredesignate Dr. Preston as a Rule 201(b)(3) consultant and thus shield Dr. Preston\u2019s report, which would otherwise be discoverable under Rule 213(f)(3), along with any other documents from a comparison electromyogram (EMG) and\/or nerve conduction study (EMG study) Dr. Preston performed on Dameron. <\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff, Dameron, filed an interlocutory appeal pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 305(b)(5) and the appellate court reversed, holding that Dr. Preston could be redesignated as a Rule 201(b)(3) consultant and that Dameron could shield Dr. Preston\u2019s report and EMG study from discovery. The Illinois Supreme Court allowed the defendants\u2019 petition for leave to appeal.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-supreme-court-affirms-appellate-court-reversing-trial-courts-refusal-to-allow-plaintiff-to-redesignate-a-controlled-expert-witness-to-consultant\/#more-5388\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexis Dameron was held in contempt for refusing to comply with the Circuit Court of Cook County\u2019s discovery order. Under the order, she was required to disclose the report of Dr. David Preston to the defendants Mercy Hospital &#038; Medical Center and several physicians who were defendants in this lawsuit. 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