Keener v. Jeld-Wen, Inc.

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

We granted review to address issues concerning a trial court’s polling of a civil jury pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 618 (hereafter section 618) after rendering a verdict. This statute provides that if “more than one-fourth of the jurors disagree” with a verdict upon polling, “the jury must be sent out again” for further deliberation, “but if no disagreement is expressed, the verdict is complete and the jury discharged from the case.” (Italics added.) We conclude that a juror’s silence at polling, brought about by the trial court’s failure to poll that…