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WALLS v. KIM

No. A01A0034.

549 S.E.2d 797 (2001)

250 Ga. App. 259

WALLS v. KIM.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied June 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Del Percilla, Jr., Billy C. Mathis, Jr., Albany, Thomas W. Malone, Atlanta, for appellant.

McCall, Finney & Phillips, W. Earl McCall, Albany, Paul G. Phillips, for appellee.

Butler, Wooten, Scherffius, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, James E. Butler, Jr., Joel O. Wooten, Jr., Conley, Sacks & Griggs, Richard A. Griggs, Atlanta, amici curiae.

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

In our judicial system, the only purpose for voir dire is to assure that jurors are impartial—that they are able to consider the case solely on its merits without any bias or prior inclination.1 A party in a civil case therefore has good cause to challenge a juror who has expressed either an opinion that the opposing party ought to prevail or a desire that the other party will succeed.

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