Johnson v. Hansen

DENECKE, J.,

specially concurring.

The majority opinion holds that the asking of the questions was not prejudicial, either because the jury did not know the question suggested that the defendants were covered by liability insurance, or that if some jurors “did get the message,” the trial court had the discretion to determine that the effect of this knowledge was not prejudicial to the defendants. The trial court’s remarks made when denying the motion for a mistrial do not clearly indicate the ground upon which it based its ruling. One reasonable interpretation of such remarks is that the trial…