Fedorinchik v. Stewart

The decisive question presented by this appeal is whether plaintiff, against whom the jury rendered a verdict, was erroneously deprived of a fair examination of the jurors on their voi¥ dire. Plaintiff’s suit arises out of an automobile accident which occurred while defendant was insured in the Detroit Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange, a mutual insurance company. The suit was defended by the insurance company’s attorneys. The circuit judge, acting under Court Rule No. 37, § 1 (1933), conducted the voir dire examination of the jurors. Before the jury was drawn, he was advised by plaintiff’s…