Legal Opinion
Patterson Bank v. Gunter
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 26, 2003No. A03A1006PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Judge.
A Pierce County jury returned a verdict in favor of Carolyn Gunter in her slip and fall action against the Patterson Bank.1 The bank appeals from the denial of its motion for a new trial, which was based on its post-trial discovery of a juror’s disqualification and on the amount of the award for general damages. Finding no error, we affirm.
1. The bank contends it is entitled to a new trial because a juror was disqualified from serving due to his familial relationship to Gunter. See OCGA § 15-12-135 (a) (a juror is disqualified if the juror is related “by consanguinity or…
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