Pryor v. Webber

The principal contention of appellants in this appeal is that prejudicial error was committed by the trial court in allowing the defense to elicit, on cross-examination of plaintiff, over objection, that payments of money were made to plaintiff by her employer during the period she was unable to work as a result of the accident. It is urged that such was in violation of the collateral source rule.

The collateral source rule has been defined as “the judicial refusal to credit to the benefit of the wrongdoer money or services received in reparation of the injury caused which emanates from…