George Lange v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

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• stating “when the plaintiff makes specific reference to collateral source payments on direct examination, the scope of permissible inquiry is set by the direct examination and the usual rules on cross-examination apply.”
• plaintiff asserted he had to return to work immediately after surgery because he had no disability income
• where plaintiff testified on direct examination that he was required to return to work immediately after back surgery because he had no savings or disability income, cross-examination of plaintiff regarding his settlement of a workers’ compensation claim was permissible

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).