Swift v. Winkler

This is an action to recover damages for injuries plaintiff suffered when he fell while in the act of stepping up on the front porch of defendants’ grocery store. Plaintiff charges that his mishap was due to defendants’ negligence. A jury returned a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $5,000. Defendants appeal.

In seeking a reversal defendants make two principal contentions : (1) that they were not negligent; and (2) that counsel for plaintiff, in his voir dire examination of prospective jurors, intentionally and prejudicially conveyed the idea to the jurors that defendants were insured. Since we…