Prather v. McGrady

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 9, 1993, the circuit court of Macon County entered an order, barring plaintiff from naming expert witnesses because of a violation of the discovery, pretrial and trial scheduling order (scheduling order) regarding disclosure of such witnesses set pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 220 (134 Ill. 2d R. 220). The circuit court then entered summary judgment in favor of defendants on August 6, 1993, finding that the nature of plaintiff’s cause of action was such that she was required to present expert testimony in order to make a…