Wilson v. Bungalow Bar Corp. of America

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the infant plaintiff and for medical expenses and loss of services by his mother, plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in favor of defendants upon a jury verdict. Judgment reversed on the law and new trial granted, with costs to appellants to abide the event. The admission into evidence of the police report concerning the accident was prejudicial error. It was offered by the defendant as affecting the credibility of the police officer, but since it was based on hearsay statements obtained by him at the scene of the accident after…