Lin Manufacturing Co. of Arkansas, Inc. v. Courson

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The plaintiff-appellee, Harrs'- Courson, -was injured when a truck owned by Lin Manufacturing Company and being driven by its employee ran a stop sign and struck Courson’s car. In appealing from a verdict and judgment for $55,000 Lin and its truekdriver question four rulings by the trial court and challenge the size of the verdict.

I. It is argued that the defendants were prejudiced by Courson’s unnecessary references to the matter of liability insurance. On cross-examination counsel questioned Courson at some length about earlier incidents of injury and…