Plummer v. McHale

The plaintiff Plummer in this case has a verdict for $75,000 against the defendant Groode. During the trial, this plaintiff’s case against the defendant McHale was settled for $10,000, hut, at the request of both the plaintiff and the defendants; that fact was not disclosed to the jury.

Decision was reserved on motions to dismiss at the end of the plaintiff’s case, at the end of the whole case and on defendant’s motion for a directed verdict in her favor. Upon réndition of the verdict, defendant moved to set it aside ‘ ‘ as contrary to the law, contrary to the facts and all the provisions of…