Evidence of a defendant’s drug and alcohol use prior to a two-vehicle accident in which she died should not have been admitted when the defendant’s estate conceded liability and the trial was only over damages owed the plaintiffs she struck in the accident, the Superior Court ruled.
But Judge Jacqueline Shogan wrote for the majority in Knowles v. Levan that the error was harmless and upheld the $254,000 awarded at trial to plaintiffs Wayne and Maricar Knowles.
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