Smith v. City of Chicago

The plaintiff appeals from an order of the circuit court directing a verdict in favor of both defendants as a sanction for the plaintiffs attorney having revealed the substance of the trial testimony of two witnesses to the plaintiffs expert witness. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand this cause for a new trial.

A detailed recitation of the facts giving rise to this litigation can be found in Smith v. City of Chicago, No. 1 — 93 — 2875 (1995) (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23), disposing of the plaintiffs prior appeal from a summary judgment entered in this case.…