Section 7.10 Form of Questions

• Library: Civil Trial Practice 2015 Supp

3. (§7.10) Form of Questions

The form of insurance questions is within the trial court’s discretion. Ivy v. Hawk, 878 S.W.2d 442, 445 (Mo. banc 1994). While the preliminary insurance question generally encompasses whether any member of the panel or their families work for or have a financial interest in the insurance company, the Court in Ivy did not remove from the trial court the discretion to permit an attorney to ascertain whether prospective jurors, or members of their families, are policyholders in an involved insurance company. Id. For the denial of a proffered inquiry into the panel’s possible status as policyholders to be reversed, however, the moving party is required to show prejudice...