Levey v. Curry

The defendant, as executrix of the will of the plaintiff’s mother-in-law, appeals from a jury award in the Superior Court of $25,000 in quantum meruit to the plaintiffs for services rendered to the decedent from 1964 to 1972, We affirm.

1. The defendant argues that the trial judge erred in restricting her cross-examination of the plaintiff and her direct examination of the defendant. In both examinations the defense counsel was attempting to impeach the plaintiff as to her testimony that the decedent required twenty-four hour a day care during her final years. The claim arising from the direct…