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MERCADO v. AHMED

No. 86 C 6986.

756 F.Supp. 1097 (1991)

Lucy MERCADO, Individually and as Next Friend of Brian Mercado, a Minor, Plaintiff, v. Salim AHMED and Checker Taxi Company, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

February 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Crotty, Zacarias R. Chacon, Crotty and Hoyne, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Richard French, Michael Ortyl, French, Kezelis & Kominiarek, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ZAGEL, District Judge.

Is the testimony of an economist on the cash value of the lost pleasure of life admissible?

We ought to begin inquiry into any proposed "scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge," Fed.R.Evid. 702, by asking two questions. First, if the masters of the knowledge were to examine a set of facts, would all the masters come to the same conclusion? If they would their opinions are reliable. If the opinions...

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