Elsass v. Hankey

GRIFFIN, Judge.

Appellant, Deborah Elsass, appeals an adverse verdict in a personal injury case arising out of an automobile accident. Appellant raises three issues on appeal; we find error only in the lower court’s failure to grant appellant’s motion for mistrial based on a statement made by defense counsel during closing argument.

Prior to and during trial there had been frequent discussions of the accident report privilege and the permissible scope of examination of and testimony by the investigating police officers. The court had even entered an order in limine on the subject.1…