Hickok-Knight v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

¶1 Falina Hickok-Knight appeals the jury’s $6,433.35 award to her of damages against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the trial court’s $5,526.17 costs award to Wal-Mart (based on her damages award being less than Wal-Mart’s settlement offer), and the trial court’s denial of her motion for a new trial. Hickok-Knight argues that the trial court (1) erroneously allowed (a) the jurors to touch her feet during her direct examination to gauge their relative temperatures, (b) expert witnesses to testify about her medical, mental health, and social histories, and (c) Wal-Mart’s expert psychiatric witness to…