Kenan v. Matuszeski

Elder W. Marshall, J.,

The jury found that the minor plaintiff had been injured through the negligent operation of defendant’s truck and awarded substantial damages to him and his parents. In asking for a new trial, defendant argues only that the court erred in refusing to allow Jean Kenan, one of the plaintiffs and the child’s mother, to be cross-examined as to prior claims and suits for supposed injuries to herself.

Mrs. Kenan was a material witness. She testified her child had not had convulsive seizures before the accident. Plaintiffs’ medical witnesses diagnosed the child’s ailment as…