Lenins v. K-Mart Corp.

LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs bring forward twenty-two assignments of error. Those assignments of error have been combined below into major topical areas.

I: Alleged Prejudicial Expressions of Opinion by the Trial Judge.

Plaintiffs allege that the trial judge made certain statements to the jury which were prejudicial expressions of opinion and were therefore grounds for a new trial.

A. A statement to the jury during jury selection.

During jury selection, the trial judge stated to the prospective jurors:

Now, this case involves an incident at K-Mart, where Mrs. Lenins was a shopper. . . and at which time…