Legal Opinion
Barbara Skaggs, as Guardian of the Person and the Estate of Roy Skaggs, an Incapacitated Person v. Otis Elevator Company, a New Jersey Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1998No. 97-5213PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Barbara Skaggs (“Skaggs”), individually and as guardian of the person and estate of Roy Skaggs, was the plaintiff 1 in an civil lawsuit filed against defendant, Otis Elevator Company (“Otis”). After a four day jury trial, a verdict was entered for Otis. Skaggs filed a motion for a new trial after discovering that a member of the jury had given an incorrect response during voir dire questioning. The district court held an evidentiary hearing and found that the juror’s response had been intentionally incorrect but that a correct response by the juror would not have…
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