Price v. Toyota Motor Corp.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

On March 24, 1993, Carol C. Price, as administratrix of the estate of Mell W. Price II, deceased, sued Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (collectively referred to as “Toyota”), in the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court.1

The case was set for trial. During qualification of the jury pool, the trial court asked: “[Has anyone] been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude?” No member of *132the jury pool responded. Thereafter, a jury was selected and empaneled to serve in this case.

On May 13, 1995, the jury returned a verdict for Toyota. After the…