Judgment reversed, on the law and in the interest of justice, without costs or disbursements, and new trial granted. Defense counsel's inflammatory remarks concerning plaintiff-appellant may well have affected the jury's verdict and thereby deprived her of a fair trial. Furthermore, while a Trial Judge has the right, indeed, the obligation, to clarify matters that may be unclear to a jury, he should never do so in a manner which may possibly lead the triers of the facts to...
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