Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co.

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• rule that jury can draw adverse inference from party's failure to produce witness does not apply until opposing party has made out prima facie case
• rule that jury can draw adverse inference from party’s failure to produce witness does not apply until opposing party has made out prima facie case
• jury was entitled but not required to draw adverse inference
• the failure of a party to produce a witness who is within his power to produce and who would naturally have been produced by him permits the inference that the evidence of the witness would be unfavorable to the party’s cause

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