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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
It was an MVA civil claim, and the parties had haggled at great length over aspects not to be introduced [in limine]. The attorney I was 2nd chairing sat through the plaintiff's opening statement, then promptly stood up and in the second sentence out of his mouth mentioned something barred in limine by the judge not an hour earlier.
Opposing counsel immediately moved for, and got a mistrial. More importantly, he had a heart attack right then and there. Emergency Services summoned and taken out on a gurney.  Needless to say, that experience has stuck with me. |
Yeah, that'll draw a mistrial.