Jones v. Shea

Plaintiff contends in this appeal that erroneous rulings were made during jury selection. In the course of the impanelment, plaintiff challenged seven jurors for cause and all seven challenges were denied. At the close of trial, the jury found defendant to be not liable to plaintiff. Plaintiff claims that the trial judge erred in denying one or more of plaintiff’s challenges for cause during jury selection. We find that three of the challenges for cause were erroneously denied and reverse.

Before this Court may consider whether the denial of a challenge for cause was erroneous, we must first…