Dietz v. Dinkel

There are at least two errors in the case. By his questions of Dr. Gutmann regarding his service to insurance companies plaintiff’s counsel furnished the basis of an inference by the jury that the defendant was insured, that the defense was that of an insurance company. If the fact had come béfore the jury inadvertently or accidentally unaided by the purpose of plaintiff’s counsel the court in its discretion might have overlooked or condoned the circumstances if deemed innocuous. Here the purpose of plaintiff’s counsel seems plain and we should not overlook the fact that the judicial…