St. Gemme v. Tomlin

PRESIDING JUSTICE WEBBER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff brought suit against the defendant in the circuit court of Coles County alleging dental malpractice. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant, plaintiff’s post-trial motion was denied, and this appeal followed.

Four issues are raised: (1) manifest weight of the evidence; (2) error by the trial court in refusing admission of deposition testimony of plaintiff’s expert; (3) error in the instructions; and (4) error in defendant’s closing argument.

The basic facts are not controverted. Defendant practices general…