Date: 10-01-2016

Case Style: Nicole Tomaskovic v. William Szura

Case Number: 1:07-cv-05428

Judge: Sara Ellis

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Cook County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Dana L. Kurtz (Terminated), Christy Marie Sicher (Terminated), Heidi Karr Sleper (Terminated), James G. Vanzant (Terminatd) and Trent A McCain

Defendant's Attorney: Marshall Lee Blankenship, Steven Blair Borkan, Edith K. D. Holland, Paul E. Lehner, Shirley Ruth Calloway, Trent A McCain, Michael T. Dierkes, Deborah Morgan Beltran, Joseph Vincent Roddy, Timothy P Scahill, Jessica Megan Scheller, David Justin Seery

Description: Chicago, IL - Federal Judge Grants New Trial In Civil Rights Case

Judge Sara Ellis granted a new a new trial to the defendant in a civil rights violation case that resulted in a plaintiff's $206,000 damage verdict in 2015.

The Defendant claimed that he was denied a fair trial as a result of improper conduct by Plaintiff's attorney including asking questions about subjects and had been ruled inadmissible by the Court in response to motions in limine sustained by the Court.

Outcome: Motion for new trial granted.

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