Legal Opinion
Hoff v. Posten
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 1998No. WD 53981PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.
Merritt Posten appeals the circuit court’s granting a new trial in this lawsuit for personal injury suffered during an automobile accident. The circuit court ruled, after an evidentiary hearing on February 13, 1997, that a juror intentionally had not disclosed during voir dire on December 16, 1996, lawsuits which had been filed against her. We affirm.
During voir dire, Thomas Stein, attorney for the plaintiff, Harold Hoff, asked the veni-re panel, “Anybody on the panel, or anybody in your immediate family, who has ever been sued for anything ... ?” Susan D. Greenway…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Frenette v. Clarkchester Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- Stoup v. RobinsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996
- Groves v. KetchersideMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996
3Cited by1 opinion
- Jackson v. WatsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998