Holling v. Chandler

The only question presented by this appeal is the propriety of an order granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial for errors of law. Plaintiff filed this action for personal injuries sustained in a collision with a vehicle 'driven by defendant. After the jury brought in a verdict for defendant, the trial court granted plaintiff’s motion for a new trial because it had admitted into evidence, for the limited purpose of impeaching plaintiff’s expert witness, the results of an experiment conducted by defendant, and also because it failed to instruct the jury on the limited purpose for which…