C. B. Wright v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to admit certain deposition testimony. This is a worker’s compensation case in which the deposition testimony of plaintiff’s physician that the disputed accident was the “triggering factor” in plaintiff’s permanent disability was crucial for plaintiff’s recovery. On cross-examination in the same deposition, defendant’s attorney asked the doctor whether plaintiff’s prior arthritis and gout would have permanently disabled plaintiff even without the disputed injury. The physician apparently answered that plaintiff would…