JONES v. SHEA

No. 85-068.

532 A.2d 571 (1987)

Donald P. JONES, Administrator of the Estate of Barbara L. Jones and Personal Representative of Barbara L. Jones, Deceased v. James S. SHEA, M.D.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan F. Sylvester and Michael S. Brow of Sylvester & Maley, Inc., Burlington, and Williams & Williams, Poultney, for plaintiff-appellant.

Allan R. Keyes of Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd., Rutland, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., PECK and DOOLEY, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J. (Ret.), and KEYSER, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


ALLEN, Chief Justice.

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...

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