Palmer v. Taylor

Ruffin, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a $20,000 jury verdict that appellee, Effie Taylor, received in an action for personal injuries against appellant Edward Palmer. Taylor alleged that Palmer caused her to have a heart attack by inflicting emotional distress when she attempted to deliver her grandchildren to her former daughter-in-law, Wendy Palmer, after a weekend visit and that he physically assaulted her during the incident.

1. Palmer enumerates as error the trial court’s denial of his right to cross-examine Taylor’s son as to the whereabouts of Wendy Palmer, a key eyewitness to the…