Margenau v. Bowlin

Opinion by

Judge DAILEY.

Defendant, Leah M. Bowlin, appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiff, Thomas R. Margenau, $112,000 for injuries sustained in an automobile accident. On appeal, defendant claims that a mistrial should have been declared upon the receipt of testimony indicating that she had received a traffic ticket in connection with the accident, that deposition testimony was improperly admitted into evidence, and that the evidence does not support the amount of damages awarded. We affirm.

On the morning of February 10, 1998, as defendant was traveling around a curve on Highway 85, she…