Piechuck v. Magusiak

The authorities are practically unanimous in holding that a plaintiff will not be permitted to show, as an independent fact, that the defendant is insured against the liability the plaintiff seeks to establish. Demars v. Company, 67 N. H. 404; Sawyer v. Company, 90 Me. 369; Cosselmon v. Dunfee, 172 N. Y. 507; Manley v. Company, 76 Minn. 169; Kerr v. Company, 155 Mich. 191.

Indemnity insurance is now very generally carried, and the fact is; matter of common knowledge. By the improper use of such knowledge, a jury might infer, in the absence of evidence upon the question, that the defendant was…