Bowen v. Mahoney Coal Corp.

In the course of his summation in this personal injury action, referring to prior references defendants’ counsel had made to an associate of plaintiffs’ trial counsel, the latter said: “ There he goes again, even in talking to the Court, he still has got a bugaboo about Mr. Silber. I don’t know if it is because of Mr. Silber being a Jew, that he continually wants to bring that in or not. It may be because I am a Gentile and Mr. Silber is a Hebrew, but we have been together for many years and we have worked together in good faith and understanding.”

Defendants’ counsel promptly characterized…