Abstract
In Arizona a legal doctrine has developed that jury knowledge of defendant's liability insurance in negligence trials is so prejudicial that, with certain exceptions, any evidence, implication or suggestion that the defendant is insured requires a mistrial, new trial or reversal. However, in the recent case of Muehlebach v. Mercer Mortuary & Chapel, Inc., the Arizona Supreme Court found it necessary to re-examine the soundness of this doctrine. It concluded, by way of dictum, that a less stringent enforcement of the general rule forbidding disclosure of insurance coverage would be desirable. The purpose of this comment is to analyze the development of the general rule in Arizona and the propriety of the present policy.
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5 Ariz. L. Rev. 83 (Fall 1963)
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