Supreme Court of Virginia· 9/14/2001

Lombard v. Rohrbaugh

Citations

551 S.E.2d 349
262 Va. 484
2001 Va. LEXIS 113

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permitting plaintiffs cross-examination of defendant’s expert to show prior income received from defendant’s insurance company
where general prohibition on mention of insurance interferes with litigant's right to cross-examine witness concerning interest or bias, trial court should not prohibit proper cross-examination
where general prohibition on mention of insurance interferes with litigant's right to cross-examine witness concerning interest or bias, trial court should not prohibit proper cross-examination
“[T]he responsibility for balancing the competing considerations of probative value and prejudice rests in the sound discretion of the trial court.”
\[T]he responsibility for balancing the competing considerations of probative value and prejudice rests in the sound discretion of the trial court.\
probative value of evidence that witness, although not employee of defendant’s insurer, received more than $100,000 per year in payments from that insurer outweighed possible prejudice to defendant

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Judges: Lemons

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