Section 3.49 Newly Discovered Evidence, Perjury, Etc.

• Library: App Ct Prac 2013 Supp - Forms

• Since the trial, the defendant has acquired newly discovered evidence [that the plaintiff had a prior injury to his third and fourth lumbar vertebrae to which he is claiming injury in this accident; the plaintiff was hospitalized for this injury approximately one year before he was involved in the accident with the defendant; when the plaintiff’s deposition was taken, he denied receiving any prior injury or being hospitalized for any injury or illness; after the newspaper reported the verdict for the plaintiff, the defendant’s attorney received a telephone call from an unknown party who stated that the plaintiff received a large verdict for an injury he had sustained before the accident; and the defendant, acting on the information given him by this unknown party,...