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Lumbermens Mut. Casualty Co. v. Poling
27 Fla. L. Weekly D1345 (Fla. 5th DCA June 14, 2002)
Trial judges have wide discretion in accepting evidence, and unless an abuse of discretion can be proven, such rulings usually stand. In this case, an insurance company was attempting to introduce evidence that the plaintiff may have been receiving social security benefits as a collateral source. The court did not allow this evidence because it found that it was more than "merely cumulative," and rather, that its probative value would reach beyond the trial testimony. The fact that the plaintiff
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