Bibb Manufacturing Co. v. Williams

(After stating the foregoing facts.) While evidence in a suit for personal injuries that the defendant is protected by liability insurance is inadmissible, as being irrelevant and immaterial, and it is the general rule that, where the mere exclusipn of such evidence and appropriate instructions from the court to disregard it and remarks of counsel thereon can not disabuse the prejudicial impression created upon the jury, a mistrial should be granted (O’Neill Mfg. Co. v. Pruitt, 110 Ga. 577, 579 (36 S. E. 59); Heinz v. Backus, 34 Ga. App. 203, 128 S. E. 915), still, where it appears that the…