Hilmer v. Hezel

CLEMENS, Judge.

This case arose from a two-car collision. Plaintiff sued for damages and defendant counterclaimed; the jury found against both. Defendant alone appeals from the adverse judgment on his counterclaim.

Defendant contends the trial court improperly denied him the right to impeach plaintiff on cross examination by using plaintiff’s prior inconsistent statements. Conversely, plaintiff contends the trial court properly excluded the statements because in response to plaintiff’s interrogatories defendant falsely denied obtaining statements made by plaintiff. That is the only issue on…