VOYKIN v. ESTATE OF DeBOER

No. 88227.

733 N.E.2d 1275 (2000)

192 Ill.2d 49

248 Ill.Dec. 277

Mark VOYKIN, Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Gordon DeBOER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

July 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A.E. Poehlmann and Stephen J. Tasch, of Woodstock, for appellant.

Saul M. Ferris, of Ferris, Thompson & Zweig, Ltd., of Gurnee, for appellee.

Timothy J. Harris, of Broderick, Steiger & Maisel, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Mark D. Prince, of Hughes & Prince, of Carbondale, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


Justice RATHJE delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents the question of whether a defendant must present medical or other competent evidence of a causal or relevancy connection between a plaintiff's prior injury, prior accident, or preexisting condition and the injury at issue.

BACKGROUND

This action arose from an automobile accident between plaintiff, Mark Voykin, and decedent, Gordon DeBoer. The evidence at trial established that...

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