Considine v. Hill

This is a personal injury action with verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff has appealed claiming error in the trial court’s denial of her post-trial motion which alleged unfairness because during the jury’s deliberation, the bailiff, at a juror’s request, handed the juror toy automobiles which had neither been admitted in evidence nor used at the trial.

On May 15, 1957, the jury returned the verdict. The record shows that the judgment was entered the same day. On June 13, 1957, plaintiff filed her post-trial motion. On March 3, 1958, the court denied plaintiff’s motion for leave to…