A New Court Date
May 11th, 2005 by Larry D. Burton
Back in March I told y’all the story about my day in court. Well, I got a letter from my attorney yesterday. My new court date is June 17th. Hopefully this will conclude this business and everyone can get on with their lives.
There is one thing that I need to try to understand before then. In court, insurance is not suppose to be mentioned because it is irrelevent to liability or damages. However, Ms Simmons statements to me about her insurance are relevent in that they go to establish her credibility, or lack of credibility. My lawyer says that even in that context insurance can’t be brought up. Since this is not a jury trial I don’t understand why it can’t be brought into question.
If she was sure that she was not at fault why would she lie to me, twice, about the state of her insurance? If she was sure that my son was at fault why didn’t she submit a claim to my insurance company? I think these questions are relevent. Maybe I’ll ask another attorney about this.
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