Wilson v. Kauffman

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

Toni Wilson, Plaintiff-appellant, a black female, obtained a jury award of $10,000 for injuries she sustained when a car driven by Ricky Chapman was pushed into her car by Ledger Kauffman, Defendant-appel-lee. Wilson appeals the jury award in her favor, raising the following issues:

I. Whether the court erred in granting defendant’s peremptory challenge to juror Pulluaim, who is black.

II. Whether the court erred in denying Wilson’s request for a limiting instruction, instructing the jury that the medical report of Dr. Gupta, who did not testify at trial, was admissible…