Section 7.11 Bias and Sympathy for Party

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C. (§7.11) Bias and Sympathy for Party

It is not improper for an attorney to ask the prospective jurors whether their sympathy for the party would cause them to return a verdict based on that sympathy rather than on the evidence. Koeppel v. Koeppel, 208 S.W.2d 929, 937 (Mo. App. E.D. 1948). In litigation between an injured individual and a corporation, prospective jurors may be asked to state that they would not permit sympathy for the individual to cause them to render a verdict against the corporation in disregard of the...

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