Mohn v. Hahnemann Medical College & Hospital

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a trial court committed reversible error in permitting cross-examination of a defense medical witness regarding his receipt of fees for medicolegal services other than in the litigation under review
• holding that a trial court committed reversible error in permitting cross-examination of a defense medical witness regarding his receipt of fees for medicolegal services other than in the litigation under review
• sands of time did not render inapplicable reliance upon vintage case law to address a present day dispute
• “There must be, and is, a point beyond which inquiry is/will be held to be prejudicial, too intrusive and only serving to divert the case into collateral matters.”
• it is not the trial court’s duty to decide when and to what extent, if any, case law has lost its vibrancy so as to signal its demise
• “To exceed the line of inquisition denominated ‘relevant’ runs the risk of exposing the witness or the party on whose behalf he appears to the danger of being unduly prejudiced.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).