Haschke v. Uniflow Manufacturing Co.

Plaintiffs Joanna and Richard Haschke brought suit against defendant Uniflow Manufacturing Co. alleging that Mrs. Haschke was injured when a door from an ice-making machine fell and struck her on the head. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant. Plaintiffs appeal, claiming that the trial court erred in denying their peremptory challenge of a certain juror and that the trial court erred when it failed to declare a mistrial upon its finding of purposeful discrimination in jury selection. We affirm.

At the beginning of jury selection, the trial court informed the parties that it…