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LOPEZ-STAYER EX REL. STAYER v. PITTS

No. 21984-4-III.

93 P.3d 904 (2004)

122 Wash.App. 45

Amber D. LOPEZ-STAYER, a minor, By and Through Angela P. STAYER, Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. Kevin S. PITTS, M.D., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Nine.

June 22, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Baker, Seattle, William D. Pickett, Yakima, for appellant.

Mary H. Spillane, William Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, Dennis L. Fluegge, Yakima, for Respondent.

SWEENEY, J.

The scope and extent of voir dire is vested in the discretion of the trial judge conducting the trial. State v. Frederiksen, 40 Wn.App. 749, 752-53, 700 P.2d 369 (1985). Here, the trial judge refused to let the plaintiff's lawyer use the word "insurance" in the conduct of his voir dire of a jury. The judge did permit extensive inquiry into the jurors' attitudes on medical malpractice...

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