Trial court reversed for refusing to publish medical records to jury
This is a useful Illinois case for a medical malpractice trial or any personal injury trial. The Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court reversed Judge James E. Garrison when at trial he admitted certain medical records into evidence but when plaintiff tried to publish the records to the jury during closing argument an objection was sustained and plaintiff was not allowed to proceed. The appellate court held that the records were business records and therefore not subject to the hearsay rule. The appellate court held that even though opinions were contained within the records the records had the same indicia of reliability as any other business record. Troyan v. Reyes No. 3-05-0132 October 5, 2005
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