Swift v. Bagby

TITUS, Judge.

Plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile driven by Swift when it collided with a vehicle operated by Bagby. Plaintiff sued both Swift and Bagby. A jury awarded her $5,000 in damages against Swift and exonerated Bagby. The trial court granted plaintiff a new trial on damages as to Swift when he confessed error and granted a new trial as to Bagby “for the reason that the Court erred in not permitting the plaintiff's attorney to make proper inquiry on voir dire examination of the jury panel as to whether or not any member of the panel had an interest in [Bagby’s] insurance company…