Krupp v. Poor

The issue presented is whether the trial court properly exercised judicial discretion in preventing inquiry of prospective jurors concerning their own or their immediate family members’ connection with, interest in, or relationship to a casualty insurance company in an assault and battery case in which defense counsel informed the court prior to this examination out of the presence and hearing of the prospective jurors that one defendant was uninsured and that the other defendant was insured?

“The purpose of the examination of a prospective juror upon his voir dire is to determine whether he…