Jackson v. Heard

Miller, Judge.

Allison Heard sued Wendy Ann Jackson and Brett Robert Wright for injuries Heard suffered when Jackson’s automobile crossed the centerline and struck Heard’s vehicle. Jackson defended that she was escaping from co-defendant Wright who had secretly drugged her in an attempt to rape her. The court denied Jackson’s pre-trial motion in limine to exclude co-defendant Wright’s testimony that on the date of the accident, he had hired Jackson to provide him sexual services for money, and that he therefore had no reason to secretly drug Jackson to rape her. We granted Jackson’s…