Priest v. Taylor

Defendants Lawrence Taylor, Jr., Pearl Taylor and Larry Kevin Taylor, Jr., (Taylors) appeal a Yellowstone County District Court order granting a new trial to the plaintiff Maurice Priest in this personal injury action. Mr. Priest and his wife Linda cross appeal from a district court order denying their motion to file an amended complaint. Maurice Priest also cross appeals on one issue relating to voir dire. The issues are,

1) whether the court properly granted a new trial to plaintiff because;

a) the court failed to specifically instruct the jury on defendants’ burden to show what part of…