(DOWNLOAD) "Mcdonough Power Equipment v. Greenwood Et Al." by Supreme Court of the United States ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Mcdonough Power Equipment v. Greenwood Et Al.
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 18, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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Respondents, Billy Greenwood and his parents, sued petitioner McDonough Power Equipment, Inc., to recover damages sustained by Billy when his feet came in contact with the blades of a riding lawnmower manufactured by petitioner. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas entered judgment for petitioner upon a jury verdict and denied respondents motion for new trial. On appeal, however, the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed the judgment of the District Court and ordered a new trial. It held that the failure of a juror to respond affirmatively to a question on voir dire seeking to elicit information about previous injuries to members of the jurors immediate family had "prejudiced the Greenwoods right to peremptory challenge," 687 F.2d 338, 342 (1982), and that a new trial was necessary to cure this error. We granted certiorari, 462 U.S. 1130 (1983), and now hold that respondents are not entitled to a new trial unless the jurors failure to disclose denied respondents their right to an impartial jury.