Kavazanjian v. Brookhatten Trucking Co.

The plaintiff moves to set aside a verdict on three grounds, (1) errors in rulings on admissibility of evidence, (2) errors in the charge to the jury and on requests to charge, and (3) “ the plaintiff did not have a fair trial by reason of the obstructive tactics and conduct of defendant’s counsel and the atmosphere of prejudice — he created during the trial ’ ’.

The plaintiff contends that the court erred in excluding paragraph 5 of Exhibit 7. That paragraph was not an explanation of paragraph 2 which had been offered on the theory of admission by the defendant, and was only a self-serving…