PLEUS, J.
The main issue in this case is whether the refusal of the trial judge to allow a third and final peremptory challenge by way of a back strike prior to swearing the jury is reversible error per se. The defendant, while conceding it was error, argues it was harmless error because the plaintiff won on the issue of liability when the jury ruled in her favor. We agree with the plaintiffs claim that it was reversible error per se.
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