Christensen v. Pittston Stevedoring Corp.

— Plaintiff, a freight handler employed by William Spencer & Sons Corp., was injured in the course of his duties when some pier doors fell and struck him, allegedly because the doors had been piled or stacked by defendant in *1089a negligent manner. The appeal is from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff entered on the jury’s verdict in the sum of $70,000. Judgment reversed on the law and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event. During cross-examination of plaintiff’s foreman, defendant offered to prove that plaintiff’s employer was self-insured and that it and its employees were…