Madrid v. Roybal

OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict denying her claim for damages in a slip-and-fall case. The dispositive issue raised on appeal involves the question of whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow plaintiff’s attorney to read a note submitted to the court from the jury during the jury’s deliberations. For the reasons discussed herein, we reverse.

After the case had been submitted to the jury, the bailiff handed the judge a note from the jury. The note, apparently written by several different hands, read:

I am curious if order (E)

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