What is the effect of the court's remarks to counsel warning the jury that counsel's line of argument was misleading?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Curcio v. Svanevik, 155 Cal.App.3d 955, 202 Cal.Rptr. 499 (Cal. App. 1984):

Clearly, the court's remarks, which were made in the presence of the jury, were directed to warning counsel and educating the jury that the implication of counsel's line of argument was misleading. The court removed any prejudicial effect likely to be caused thereby. Furthermore, the remark was not a part of a repeated theme that could be viewed as so manifestly prejudicial as to require reversal. (Cf. Gackstetter v. Market Street Ry. Co. (1933) 130 Cal.App. 316, 20 P.2d 93.)

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