A guilty plea to driving with a suspended license and an arrest for harassment are inadmissible in a civil negligence trial stemming from the incident that led to the charges, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
A unanimous three-judge panel ruled March 10 that John Vetter and Ashley Jones are entitled to a new trial in their lawsuit against Anthony Miller following a 2011 highway encounter in which Miller’s vehicle knocked down Vetter and dragged him approximately 100 feet. Evidence of Vetter’s intoxication at the time of the incident, however, was admissible, the court ruled.
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