Wikrent v. Toys" R" US, Inc.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Anita Wikrent against Toys "R" Us, Inc., for personal injuries Wikrent claims she sustained when she was hit by a falling toy refrigerator in one of the Toys "R" Us stores. Toys "R" Us asserts that two alleged errors by the trial court require a new trial: first, the trial court prevented Toys "R" Us from calling as a witness one of Wikrent's physicians because counsel for Toys "R" Us had ex parte conversations with the physician; and second, the trial court admitted into evidence an out-of-court statement by one of the…