Legal Opinion

Ex parte Bowen Development & Timber Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 8, 1990No. 89-982Published

1Opinion of the Court

SHORES, Justice.

By denying the petition for writ of certio-rari we do not indicate approval of the language used by the Court of Civil Appeals that suggests a new trial must be ordered only if juror misconduct indicates a “distinct possibility” that the juror reached his decision because of that misconduct. We adhere to the rule articulated in Coots v. Isbell, 552 So.2d 139 (Ala.1989).

WRIT DENIED.

HORNSBY, C.J., and JONES, HOUSTON and KENNEDY, JJ„ concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Coots v. IsbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989