White v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a motion for mistrial was timely when made at the close of four opening arguments and after the jury had recessed
• explaining mistrial should be granted if “an absolute legal necessity to do so exists”
• motion for mistrial after all opening statements presented and jury had been excused; trial court ruled on motion, satisfying purpose of contemporaneous objection rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).