Art Press, Ltd., a Canadian Corporation v. Western Printing MacHinery Company, an Illinois Corporation, Defendant

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

A jury awarded plaintiff, Art Press, Ltd., $94,709.10 in a warranty action for damages resulting from plaintiff’s purchase of a paper cutting machine built by the defendant, Western Printing Machinery Company. We vacate the jury’s verdict and the award and remand for a new trial because the district court unduly restricted the voir dire of the venirepersons.

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We will discuss the facts underlying this action only insofar as they are important to the trial court’s voir dire of the potential jurors. At the final pre-trial conference, plaintiff’s attorney requested that the…