In this personal injury action, the decedent died prior to trial, after having been deposed. Counsel for plaintiff, the administratrix of decedent's estate, declined to use decedent's deposition as evidence-in-chief at trial, recognizing the possibility that defendants might seek to impeach decedent by use of prior convictions. On their case, defendants read into evidence portions of decedent's deposition, unrelated to decedent's version of the accident. The trial court precluded...
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