2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 60 PROCEDURE, CIVIL
Article 2 RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
60-247. Jurors.
60-247
60-247. Jurors. (a) In all civil trials, upon the request of a party, the court shall cause enough jurors to be called, examined, and passed for cause before any peremptory challenges are required, so that there will remain sufficient jurors, after the number of peremptory challenges allowed by law for the case on trial shall have been exhausted, to enable the court to cause twelve (12) or sufficient jurors to be sworn to try the case.
(b) Voir dire examination of jurors. Prospective jurors shall be examined under oath as to their qualifications to sit as jurors. The court shall permit the parties or their attorneys to conduct an examination of prospective jurors.
(c) Challenges. In civil cases, each party shall be entitled to three (3) peremptory challenges, except as provided in subsection (h) of section 60-248, as amended, pertaining to alternate jurors. Multiple defendants or multiple plaintiffs shall be considered as a single party for purpose of making challenges except that if the judge finds there is a good faith controversy existing between multiple plaintiffs or multiple defendants, the court in its discretion and in the interest of justice, may allow any of the parties, single or multiple, additional peremptory challenges and permit them to be exercised separately or jointly.
All challenges for cause, whether to the array or panel or to individual prospective jurors, shall be determined by the court. Peremptory challenges shall be exercised in a manner which will not communicate to the challenged prospective juror the identity of the challenging party or attorney.
(d) Oath of jurors. The jurors shall be sworn to try the case conscientiously and return a verdict according to the law and the evidence.
History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-247; L. 1970, ch. 233, § 1; L. 1971, ch. 176, § 15; amended by Supreme Court order dated July 28, 1976; effective on publication in Kansas Reports.
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