· 4/26/2001
McHugh v. Proctor Gamble Paper Products Co.
Citations
- 776 A.2d 266
- 2001 Pa. Super. 130
- 2001 Pa. Super. LEXIS 478
- 2001 WL 423034
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that “close relationship, familial, financial, or situational, with the parties, counsel, victims, or witnesses” can give rise to a presumption of bias
- noting that “close relationship, familial, financial, or situational, with the parties, counsel, victims, or witnesses” can give rise to a presumption of bias
- noting that “close relationship, familial, financial, or situational, with the parties, counsel, victims, or witnesses” can give rise to a presumption of bias
- finding an employer/employee relationship between a party and a prospective juror to require the juror’s automatic exclusion from the venire
- granting new trial in civil matter on grounds of juror prejudice and citing criminal cases in support thereof
- “[D]e-spite the trial court's focus on the jurors’ own testimony, the challenge presented here turns instead upon the situational relationships of the challenged jurors to the parties and interested non-parties.”
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Judges: Hudock, Stevens, Musmanno
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