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Personal injury plaintiff cannot rely solely on expert opinion to create a question of fact on proximate causation By Stephanie Jones Bench and Bar, January 2018 Allen v. Cam Girls, LLC d/b/a Jazzercise Glenview, et al. is consistent with the long line of Illinois jurisprudence holding that a personal injury plaintiff bears the burden of proof on proximate causation, and speculation, conjecture, and guesswork are not sufficient to raise genuine issues of material fact on that element.

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