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· 11/2/1978

Werner v. Lane

Citations

  • 393 A.2d 1329
  • 1978 Me. LEXIS 1001

How courts have described this case

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

  • determining that payment arrangements between a party and an expert witness “is legitimate subject matter for comment to the jury” and “is admissible for whatever effect it may have on [the expert witness’s] credibility”
  • requiring a new trial when, inter alia, references were made to the fact that plaintiff was receiving state-subsidized medical care
  • “[R]emunerative arrangements between parties and their expert witnesses is legitimate subject matter for comment to the jury. . . .”
  • medical care and hospitalization provided by state

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Pomeroy, Wernick, Archibald, Delahanty, Godfrey, Dufresne

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