Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law 9th Edition by Arnold Goldman ,William Sigismond

Exercise 10

In conducting the voir dire examination for the trial of Bill Allen v. Laiden Trucking Company, Allen's attorney, Jan Heisman, got the following response from a prospective juror: Heisman: "Have you been reading the newspaper accounts or listened to any news reports about the accident in question?" Juror: "Yes. After reading and listening to the reports, I felt that Allen should assume much of the responsibility for the accident." What step should Heisman take at this time to protect Allen from this prospective juror?