Legal Opinion
Petraski v. Thedos
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 3, 2008No. 1-06-2914PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolfson
Margaret Petraski was seriously injured when she turned her car into the path of a high-speeding Cook County sheriffs police car driven by Officer Deborah Thedos. A jury found for Petraski’s guardian and returned a verdict in the amount of $35,835,684. The award was reduced by 25% to $26,876,763, based on Petraski’s contributory negligence.
This appeal by the county and Thedos raises issues concerning expert testimony. One of them — whether evidence of Petraski’s consumption of alcohol should have been admitted — causes us to reverse the judgment and order a new trial.
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On May 28, 2001, at…
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