Hineman v. Imber

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Superior Court's evidentiary rulings in a medical-malpractice trial. It held that evidence of Hineman's marijuana use was relevant to his perception of his injury and that evidence of prior allegedly false lawsuits was relevant to his credibility, with neither category's probative value substantially outweighed by unfair prejudice. Because Hineman failed to object to one use of the marijuana evidence, that aspect was reviewed for plain error, which the court found absent.