7th Circuit Finds No Error In Allowing Expert Testimony In Excessive Force Case

( August 11, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting testimony from a neurologist and a treating nurse or in making three other evidentiary rulings in a woman’s excessive force case against a Chicago police officer, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held in affirming a defense verdict....