Morrell v. Marshall

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant Paul Marshall appeals a judgment entered in Superior Court (Franklin County) after a jury found him liable for the damages suffered by plaintiffs Burc-hell and Virginia Morrell in a collision that occurred between the Marshall and Morrell automobiles in Kingfield on June 6, 1981. We hold that the Superior Court erred in admitting evidence that the state trooper who investigated the accident issued a summons charging Marshall with violating the “failure to yield” statute, 29 M.R.S.A. § 941 (1978), and that the District Court, after adjudicating that Marshall…