Johnson v. Tsukahara

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

MARUMOTO, J.

The main question for decision on this appeal is whether a trial court may amend a verdict on a post-verdict affidavit of a juror, obtained after the jury has been dis charged, and enter a judgment on the verdict as so amended.

Appellants Clarence R. Johnson and Sarah L. Johnson are husband and wife. They were plaintiffs in a tort action filed in the circuit court against appellee Tatsumi Tsukahara, as defendant, for damages allegedly resulting from a rear-end automobile collision, in which the husband was driver of the front automobile, the wife was a…