Conrad v. Tomlinson

Petitioner, Howard Junior Tomlinson is before this Court on an Application for Transfer seeking review of the Appellate Court’s decision in Conrad v. Tomlinson (1971), 270 N. E. 2d 879. Tomlinson, plaintiff-appellee, received a favorable judgment in the trial court in the amount of $100,000.00 for injuries received by him in a truck accident on defendants’ farm. The Appellate Court held that the trial court erred in refusing to declare a mistrial for alleged misconduct of the Bailiff in entering the jury room while the jury was deliberating. The Appellate Court also found error in the giving…