Brofman v. Fisher
Brofman v. Fisher
Opinion of the Court
This suit was brought to recover damages for personal injuries, and damages to a Eord coupe. The plaintiff Rachel Brofman was driving the Eord coupe, which was owned by her husband, Chanan Brofman, and in which the infant plaintiff, Samuel Brofman, was riding, on November 29th, 1926, on West Landis avenue, in the township of Landis, when a collision occurred with the defendant’s truck causing the injuries sued for. The trial resulted in verdicts for the plaintiffs.
The defendant obtained a rule to show cause and writes down six reasons for a new trial. Our reading of the record leads us to the conclusion that the rule to show cause should be discharged. None of the reasons call for any discussion, except No. 2, error in refusing to grant a mistrial, when the plaintiffs introduced testimony to show that the defendant was insured. This came into the case when Harry Powell, the plaintiffs’ witness, was asked this question: "Q. What did
The rule to show cause is discharged.
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