MASON v. C. & O. R. CO.

Docket No. 49848.

110 Mich. App. 76 (1981)

312 N.W.2d 167

MASON v. THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Barbara & Associates, P.C. (by Peter R. Barbara and Frank G. Becker), for plaintiff.

Cross, Wrock, Miller & Vieson (by W. Robert Chandler and Michael A. Holmes) (Robert A. Straub, of counsel), for defendant.

Before: CYNAR, P.J., and BRONSON and D.F. WALSH, JJ.


BRONSON, J.

We concur with all portions of Judge CYNAR'S opinion except the analysis contained in part III. Our reasons will be detailed below.

It is true, as Judge CYNAR notes, that the trial court ruled that evidence concerning prior settlements was inadmissible. The fact is, however, that this information did come to the jury's attention. On cross-examination of plaintiff, defense counsel asked him, without...

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