Sterling Casino Lines, L.P. v. Plowman-Render

SHARP, W., J.

Sterling Casino Lines appeals from a final judgment in favor of Leslie Plowman-Render in a personal injury action. Plowman-Render sued Sterling claiming she suffered a shoulder injury on a Sterling gambling cruise when a waitress bumped into her. We conclude the trial court abused its discretion in admitting irrelevant evidence which impugned the character of one of Sterling’s chief witnesses, the emergency medical technician who treated Plowman-Render. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

On July 26, 2000, Leslie Plowman-Render was on a one-day gambling cruise on a…