Frazier v. Wesch

Michelíé Frazier appeals an adverse final judgment entered against her in a personal injury case. We write to address one issue, whether the case must be reversed because the trial court erred in refusing to excuse a juror for cause.

Frazier moved to excuse prospective juror Duranza for cause; he had expressed some distaste for lawyers (“I don’t care for lawyers much at all”), suggested that he would hold the plaintiff to a “clear and obvious” standard of proof, and indicated that plaintiffs in general were “looking for easy money” and “trying to cheat the system” to “make an easy buck.”…