Benmark v. Steffen

This is an action for personal injuries caused by an automobile accident in Saginaw county. The first trial resulted in a jury verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $50,000. On appeal, the judgment was reversed and the case was remanded for retrial. Benmark v. Steffen (1965), 374 Mich 155. Reversal was ordered “on account of prejudicial misconduct of both trial counsel before the jury, on account of error of the trial judge in failing to discipline the trial properly, and on account of error of the trial judge in refusing to grant defendant’s motion for mistrial.”

On retrial, defendant was…