Santa Fe Development Corp. v. Randolph

This is an appeal by the defendant from a final judgment entered below on an adverse jury verdict in a wrongful death action. The defendant/appellant Santa Fe Development Corporation [hereinafter Santa Fe] raises four points on appeal. We find no merit in these points and affirm, based on the following briefly stated legal analysis.

First, it is plain that the defendant Santa Fe’s claim of error relating to the denial of an alleged exercise of a peremptory jury challenge has not been adequately preserved for appellate review. This is so because Santa Fe’s trial counsel did not seek to exercise…