McCurdy v. Flibotte

I. Regarding the first exception, it is said in Piechuck v. Magusiak, 82 N. H. 429: “The correct procedure is to exclude all reference to insurance at these trials. The fact of insurance may incidentally and, unavoidably appear. But even this should not be permitted on slight grounds or for specious reasons., The whole subject is foreign to the issue to be tried, and its introduction, even incidentally,, should be avoided whenever it is practicable to do so.”

The evidence containing reference to insurance may be either direct or circumstantial. A declaration in express admission of liability…