Legal Opinion
23 Jones Street Associates v. Beretta
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided September 15, 1999PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*178OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Order entered June 17, 1998 reversed, with $10 costs, motion denied and verdict reinstated.
We find unavailing petitioner’s contention that the unfavorable jury verdict rendered against it in this summary eviction proceeding was tainted by claimed juror misconduct. That a juror (Gant) appears to have relied during deliberations on his background experience as an attorney in offering his “interpretation” of relevant legal principles did not, without more, amount to an improper outside influence (see, Alford v Sventek, 53 NY2d 743, 744-745; People v Duffy, 185 AD2d 528, 529,…
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- Christopher Bibbins v. Stephen Dalsheim, Superintendent of Downstate Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Nichols v. BusseNebraska Supreme Court · 1993
- Alford v. SventekNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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4Cited by3 opinions
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