Although the Court did not abuse its discretion in declaring a mistrial for defendant's counsel's violation of the court's in limine ruling, we find that a curative instruction, together with a striking of the impermissible parts of the record, would have sufficed. Accordingly, having declared the mistrial, it was a proper exercise of the court's discretion to sanction defendants' counsel, for its prejudicial questioning of plaintiff on a matter ruled inadmissable (Rules...
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