Court Opinion

ID: 9729627
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:45:12.130773+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:22.188270
License: Public Domain

Boslaugh, J.,
concurring.
I concur in the decision that the judgment of the district court should be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial. However, I believe that the decision should be based upon all of the errors discussed in the opinion of the court and not solely upon the misconduct of the counsel for the plaintiffs.
A part of the opening statement made by the attorney for the plaintiffs was improper, but the objections which were made to it were sustained. Although it would have been appropriate for the trial court to have given an admonition to the jury at that time, a cautionary instruction was given later. In my opinion the record in this case does not show that the overruling of the defendant’s motions for a mistrial was an abuse of discretion such as to require that the judgment be reversed.