Lipsius v. Bristol-Myers Co.

Appellant, Freda K. Lipsius, appeals a jury verdict and judgment entered thereon in an action sounding in products liability rendered in favor of appellee, Bristol-Myers Company. Salient points posed by appellant are: That the trial court erred (1) in refusing to allow plaintiff to cross-examine defendant’s expert witnesses as to the amount they were to receive as compensation for their testimony, (2) in taxing the expert witness fees as costs, and (3) in refusing to charge the jury on strict liability.

The well established rule is that the trial court, in its discretion, can preclude *397cross-exa…