Johnson v. Leuthongchak

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This appeal arises out of a traffic accident in the District of Columbia involving a two-car collision. A jury found appellant Johnson’s negligence to be the proximate cause of the accident and awarded damages against him. In the course of the proceedings, the trial court ruled that evidence of appellee Leuthongchak’s payment by mail of the civil fine for a traffic ticket, 1 given for allegedly failing to yield the right of way, was inadmissible as a matter of law. 2 We follow the virtually unanimous holdings of courts in this country rejecting such evidence and…