Opinion ID: 1259475
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Heading: R.C.P. 47(j) vests broad discretion in the trial court in allocating peremptory challenges among co-parties, and provides, in relevant part:

Text: In the event there are coparties as plaintiffs, defendants or otherwise, the court shall determine the degree of conflict of interest, if any, between or among the coparties and shall in its discretion allocate the full number of peremptory challenges authorized by this rule to each of the coparties, or apportion the authorized peremptory challenges between and among the coparties, or in its discretion allocate an equal or unequal number of peremptory challenges to each of the coparties. The trial court reviewed the record and found nothing to indicate an antagonistic position between the plaintiffs. The trial court allowed the McBrides to exercise all of the four peremptory challenges allocated to the plaintiffs. No conflict or antagonism arose between the plaintiffs during the course of trial, the plaintiffs pursuing a uniform approach throughout the proceedings. Under these circumstances, we find no abuse of discretion in the trial court's allocation of peremptory challenges. See Stoddard v. Nelson, 99 Idaho 293, 297, 581 P.2d 339, 343 (1978).