Kanbi v. Sousa

OPINION

BEN H. CANTRELL, Presiding Judge, M.S.

In this auto accident case, the jury found the defendant hable for the plaintiffs injuries, and the trial court entered a judgment on the verdict. The sole issue on appeal is whether the judge’s comments from the bench during the testimony of the defendant constituted reversible error. Under the circumstances of this case, we find the judge’s comments to be harmless error at most, and we affirm the trial court.

I. An Auto Accident and a Trial

This case arose from an auto accident that occurred on September 30, 1996. At about 11:00 a.m. on that day,…