Willerick v. Hanshalli

In this paternity action, defendant appeals as of right from an order of filiation entered by the trial court after a jury had determined that defendant is the father of plaintiffs daughter. The sole issue before us is whether the trial court erred in admitting the depositional testimony of Dr. Kately and an exhibit relating the results of a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) blood test, which results indicated a 95.1 percent likelihood that defendant was the father. Defendant argues on appeal, as he did below, that plaintiff had not laid a sufficient foundation for the admission of this evidence.…