Goetz v. Holbert

REED, Judge.

This original action seeks an order of prohibition against the respondent, Honorable J. Howard Holbert, judge of the Hardin Circuit Court.

Petitioner filed a wrongful death action in the Hardin Circuit Court against Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation. The damages sought exceed $250,000. When the case became ready for trial, a petit jury panel was drawn and summoned. Petitioner alleges that he discovered that many of the prospective jurors drawn and summoned were members of the Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation, the defendant in the case. Petitioner contends that such…