Waid v. Bergschneider

BERNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Appellants were plaintiffs in a personal injury action arising out of an automobile accident. Plaintiffs received a verdict from the jury. This appeal is taken from an order granting the defendants a new trial on the issue of damages.

The trial court ordered a new trial because “there were improper remarks of the plaintiffs’ counsel which conveyed to the jury the fact that the defendants were insured as to their liability and these remarks influenced to some extent the amount of the verdict; in the absence of such remarks, the Court would not have granted a New Trial…