LINSKEY v. HECKER

No. 84-1097.

753 F.2d 199 (1985)

Michele LINSKEY, as mother and next friend of Michael Moore, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Michael H. HECKER, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Mills, Salem, Mass., with whom Rifkin Law Offices, Salem, Mass., was on brief for plaintiff, appellant.

Gary D. Buseck, Boston, Mass., with whom Cynthia J. Cohen, Richard Elliot Powers and Parker, Coulter, Daley & White, Boston, Mass., were on brief for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER, Circuit Judge, and WEIGEL, Senior District Judge.


WEIGEL, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment following a jury verdict for defendant-appellees in a personal injury action. Appellant contends that the district court committed reversible error in admitting evidence of a witness's prior criminal convictions for purposes of impeachment.

On October 12, 1976, Michael Moore ("Michael"), a 14 year old boy, while riding a bicycle was struck by a tractor-trailer driven by defendant-appellee Michael...

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