Order unanimously modified in accordance with the Memorandum and as modified affirmed, with costs to appellant.
Memorandum:
Based upon remarks made by plaintiff's counsel to the jury panel on the voir dire examination the court not only granted a mistrial but also restricted the scope of inquiry at the drawing of a subsequent jury panel. It was an improvident exercise of discretion to direct and instruct counsel that on a subsequent trial he "refrain...
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