Royal Castle Systems, Inc. v. Fields

This is an appeal by the defendants below from an order granting a new trial following a jury verdict in favor of the appellant-defendants in this wrongful death action.

In the order granting a new trial as amended, the grounds therefor were stated as follows:

“The verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence and/or the Court erred in allowing into evidence, over plaintiff’s objections, evidence that the defendant, GARY TYLER, had taken and passed a lie-detector test, and that the admissibility of said evidence was material and prejudicial, it is therefore: ”

Appellants present two…