United States Seventh Circuit

In a negligence action, district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where: 1) the court did not abuse its discretion in excluding expert testimony and thus plaintiffs cannot establish the requisite causation for their claims; and 2) plaintiffs could not establish causation for the negligent infliction of emotional distress claim, as the emotional injury to plaintiff was not severe enough to be compensable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2008
• Decided 04/06/2009
• Published 04/06/2009

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marios N. Karayannis, Attorney (argued), Brady & Jensen, Elgin, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott C. Solberg, Attorney, Greg J. Weintraub, Attorney (argued), Eimer, Stahl, Klevorn & Solberg, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.