Dowd-Feder, Inc. v. Truesdell

Two questions are presented for our determination. First, whether it is error for a trial court to allow interrogation of prospective jurors on their voir dire concerning their possible connections with, interest in, or relationship to a casualty insurance company; and second, whether the facts as reflected by the record establish agency.

The first is the more important question presented for our consideration. "We are faced with the problem of granting plaintiff in a personal injury case reasonable safeguards against obtaining a jury .composed of men and women having insurance connections or…