Barone v. Law

Eldridge, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Margaret Barone appeals from the Cherokee County State Court’s entry of judgment from a jury verdict against her in this personal injury case. We reverse the trial court’s judgment because we find that the trial court wrongfully excluded admissible, material evidence of causation and impeachment on the basis that it was hearsay.

Plaintiff-appellee Denise Law sued Barone after Barone’s car collided with Law’s in October 1995. Law claimed that Barone’s neg ligence caused the collision and that the collision caused her to suffer from back, neck, and leg pain.…