Chapman v. Canoles

Lisa Chapman was fatally injured in an automobile collision. Her father filed this wrongful death action, and a jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The father's motion for a new trial claimed that the trial court erred:

1. In refusing to allow the introduction into evidence of pictures of the deceased lying on the mortician's table;

2. In refusing to admit into evidence blood samples of the deceased;

3. In allowing the defendant to testify that her husband was on strike and out of work.

Chapman also argues that the verdict was contrary to the great weight of the evidence because he claims…