Causey v. Cornelius
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtAshburn, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries growing out of an accident between an automobile in which the plaintiff was riding and a truck and trailer of defendant Pacific Intermountain Express which was being operated by defendant Cornelius. The jury returned a verdict for $5,000 in favor of plaintiff.
The trial court granted defendants’ motion for a new trial on the theory that counsel for plaintiff improperly and prejudicially injected and emphasized the question of insurance on the so-called voir dire examination of a defense witness (an investigator for defendants’ insurer)…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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