Garza v. Peppard

Denise S. Peppard, the defendant, appeals from a jury verdict and subsequent judgment for Sarah Garza, the plaintiff, entered in the Richland County District Court. She raises issues of whether the District Court improperly excluded medical evidence, whether she had a fair trial after the plaintiff’s attorney questioned a prospective juror on his employment with an automobile insurance company, and whether the District Court erred in failing to rule on her motion for a new trial. We affirm.

The defendant rear-ended a pick-up truck in which the plaintiff was a passenger in January 1981. In May…