Harrison v. Wientjes

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of Plaintiff in a civil damage suit. We address each of three alleged evidentiary errors separately and set out the necessary facts in our discussion of each issue.

I. Introduction of Evidence after the Completion of Closing Arguments

Appellant's/Defendant's first argument is that the trial court erred in allowing Plaintiff to introduce evidence after the evidence portion of the trial was closed. Defendant objected to Plaintiff's reference to a mortality table in his argument because, according to Defendant, the table had not been timely introduced…