Holtzman v. Tobin

Perjury was committed by plaintiff during the trial before me and a jury of this personal injury automobile negligence action. It was not committed by one who has been the victim of prejudice or of economic adversity, but by a well-educated successful young man. It was not committed inadvertently, nor capable of being rationalized as the product of the frailty of human memory, but deliberately. It was not committed in the heat of battle in an attempt to tip the scales in his favor, but, with liability conceded, in an attempt to achieve a significantly larger recovery than warranted by the…