Shay v. Horr

Citations

• 78 Wash. 667
• 139 P. 604
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1080

Syllabus

<p>Trial — Misconduct or Counsel — Showing Indemnity Insurance. In an action for personal injuries, it is reversible error for counsel, in argument and in asking questions, to repeatedly inject into the case the fact that the defendant carried indemnity insurance, and when this is done, the error is not cured by withdrawing the evidence and instructing the jury to disregard all such statements, unless it clearly appears that the jury were not influenced thereby, which would hardly be the case where the jury awarded' the full amount of damages claimed.</p> <p>Fullerton, J., dissents.</p>