In this personal injury action, where the defense was that plaintiff's accident was feigned, the references in summation to workers' compensation were not, as found by the trial court, "grossly egregious" so as to warrant setting aside the jury's verdict.
Plaintiff, a steamfitter employed by third-party defendant Manhattan Mechanical Piping Co., alleged that she was injured on June 10, 1991 when she slipped and fell in a sub-basement of a construction site at St....
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