Sutton v. Gomez

McNULTY, Judge.

In this negligence action the Suttons sued Gomez because of a rear-end collision, and they were awarded $7,700.00 by a jury verdict. The trial court granted defendant’s subsequent motion for a new trial and based his order solely upon an incident occurring on voir dire examination of a prospective juror. This appeal ensued.

The critical incident referred to above occurred when plaintiffs’ counsel was interrogating venireman Mills as follows:

“Q. Mr. Mills, what is your address, sir?

A. 2401 Morrison Avenue.

Q. And what is your occupation?

A. Life insurance.

Q. Life insurance?

A.…