CHRISTENSEN v. PITTSTON STEVEDORING CORP.


283 A.D. 1088 (1954)

Fred Christensen, Respondent, v. Pittston Stevedoring Corp., Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

June 21, 1954.


Judgment reversed on the law and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.

During cross-examination of plaintiff's foreman, defendant offered to prove that plaintiff's employer was self-insured and that it and its employees were therefore interested in the outcome of the litigation. That proof was held inadmissible. In our opinion, such ruling was error requiring a new trial. Plaintiff's witnesses, as to the happening...

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