Bass v. Cincinnati, Inc.

This interlocutory appeal, pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 308 (107 Ill. 2d R. 308), involves four certified questions regarding the scope of discovery and the type of evidence admissible in a products liability action claiming a design defect. In particular, we are asked to determine:(1) whether evidence of similar post-accident occurrences or injuries involving the same or substantially similar products may be admissible to show that a product is defective;(2) whether evidence and records of similar post-accident occurrences or injuries involving the same or substantially similar…