Kniceley v. Migala

Plaintiff, Roger Kniceley, filed a medical malpractice action against defendant, James Mígala, M.D. Following a jury trial, the circuit court of Du Page County entered judgment in defendant’s favor, and plaintiff now appeals. The issues are as follows: (1) whether two physicians who examined plaintiff for the purpose of determining whether he was disabled for worker’s compensation purposes should have been allowed to provide opinion testimony as to the cause of plaintiff’s injury and the standard of care applicable to defendant when neither was disclosed within the deadlines set forth in…