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GARDEN v. SUTTON

No. 284, 1995.

683 A.2d 1041 (1996)

Beatrice GARDEN, individually and as the next friend of Carmella Garden, Keisha Garden, and John Garden, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. Richard K. SUTTON and the City of Wilmington, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided/Order Issued: July 22, 1996.

Opinion Issued: August 13, 1996.

As Corrected August 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bayard J. Snyder, Snyder & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, for Appellants.

William J. Rhodunda, Jr., City of Wilmington Law Department, Wilmington, for Appellees.

Before VEASEY, C.J., HOLLAND and HARTNETT, JJ.

VEASEY, Chief Justice:

In this civil case, we hold that the trial court abused its discretion by denying to plaintiff the right to cross-examine one of the defendants, a former police officer, concerning the circumstances surrounding his termination from the police force. In doing so, we apply to this civil case the evidentiary principles announced in our decision in the criminal case of Snowden v. State, Del.Supr...

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