Kroning v. State Farm Automobile Insurance Co.

*107OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

In an action against respondent State Farm Insurance for uninsured motorist benefits, appellant Ronald Kroning and his wife, appellant Theogene Kroning, challenge the denial of a new trial on numerous grounds but most pointedly on (a) the trial court’s permission for use of collateral sources as evidence and (b) the trial court’s suggestion to the jury that this evidence may have rendered unbelievable all of appellant Theogene Kroning’s testimony.

FACTS

On the morning of November 29, 1991, appellant Ronald Kroning left St. Charles, operating a fully loaded semi-tractor…