The trial court granted a mistrial and imposed monetary sanctions upon defendant Zelman's counsel on the ground that counsel improperly questioned nurse Walker, the first witness called by plaintiff and the assistant head nurse at Hempstead General Hospital, who had attended plaintiff in the hospital's emergency room, regarding the settlement reached between plaintiff and Hempstead General Hospital. Notwithstanding the earlier settlement, counsel for the hospital appeared...
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