Howe v. Hinzman

Cassel, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Sharon Dempsey Howe’s negligence claim against Lauri Hinzman, arising from an automobile accident, resulted in a jury verdict finding both parties to have been negligent and reducing Howe’s award for damages accordingly. Howe appeals. Because we conclude that (1) the district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to strike a juror who maintained that he could be fair and impartial after disclosing that he had received a message from a legal assistant to Hinzman’s counsel regarding that attorney’s representation of the juror’s daughter in an unrelated case…