Legal Opinion
Mesecher v. County of San Diego
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 1, 1992No. D014082PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WIENER, Acting P. J.
The defendants San Diego County and San Diego County Deputy Sheriff David Hawkins 1 appeal the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict awarding plaintiff Lucy Mesecher damages of $114,880. As we shall explain we reject County’s claim of jury misconduct, concluding the declarations from six jurors are inadmissible to impeach the verdict under Evidence Code section 1150, subdivision (a). We also conclude reversal is not required even though we agree with County that the separate jury verdicts on Mesecher’s causes of action for battery and federal civil rights violation…
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