The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over a plaintiff’s ability to strike prospective jurors for cause if they have close ties to a defendant’s employer and the alleged negligence at issue occurred in the course of the defendant’s employment.
The justices granted allocatur March 23 in Shinal v. Toms, a medical malpractice case, and also agreed to review separate issues dealing with peremptory challenges and jury instructions on informed consent.
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