Section 42 Prejudicial Action, Comments, or Arguments

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. The court erred in not granting a mistrial to [the defendant when the plaintiff asked the insurance question at an improper time during his voir dire examination, thereby emphasizing and injecting the question of insurance in the case, which was prejudicial to the defendant's case].

COMMENT: This is an example of a general allegation of error that may be sufficient if counsel made the proper specific objection at the time the question was asked and requested a mistrial stating the reasons for it. Because this...