Fairbrother v. Rinker

I concur in the holding by the majority that the trial court erred in an instruction to the jury and that, as a result, the case must be reversed for a new trial. I dissent, however, from the holding by the majority that the trial judge did not err in refusing to permit plaintiff’s attorney to impeach the credibility of defen*531dant’s investigator by showing, among other facts, that he was hired and paid by Allstate Insurance Co.

In this case of admitted liability the jury returned a defense verdict. The obvious and successful strategy of the defense was to capitalize on sympathy by the jury for…