Dallas Railway & Terminal Company v. Flowers

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a negligence case. Parties will be referred to as in the Trial Court. Plaintiff sued defendant for damages for injuries resulting from defendant running over plaintiff with a bus. Trial was to a jury, which convicted defendant of various acts of negligence and found that same were a proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries. The jury further acquitted plaintiff of contributory negligence, and fixed plaintiff’s damages at $12,500. The Trial Court granted defendant a new trial on the grounds that a juror failed to divulge certain prior claims against defendant on…