Harmotta v. Bender

KELLY, Judge:

In this opinion we are called upon to determine whether the trial court properly refused to exclude for cause Roman Catholic jurors who were members of a diocese, a named party defendant with a remote financial interest in the outcome of the lawsuit, but were not members of a specific parish, also a named party defendant with a direct financial interest in the outcome of the lawsuit; and whether the trial court properly instructed the jury that the doctrine of hills and ridges dictated the appellants’ burden of proof. We find, first, that the trial court properly refused to…