Brewer v. Payless Stations, Inc

Plaintiff John Brewer appeals by leave a May 11, 1978, circuit court order denying his motion in limine for a protective order to prohibit mention at trial of a pretrial settlement between plaintiff and General Motors Corporation, a prior codefendant.

Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident on February 8, 1979. The accident occurred when an automobile with unknown occupants was recklessly driven from a Payless Gas Station causing the driver of the vehicle in which plaintiff was a passenger to swerve into a lane of oncoming traffic. Plaintiff’s vehicle was struck by a third car, the gas…