Rinkenbaugh v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

After a defendant’s verdict on plaintiff’s $184,732.00 claim for personal injuries brought under the Federal Safety Appliance Act, the trial court awarded plaintiff a new trial, “because plaintiff was deprived of a fair trial by the misconduct of jury foreman Dale K. Burns in intentionally failing to disclose, in response to questions propounded by counsel for plaintiff, during the voir dire examination of the jury panel, that he had been sued on account of personal injuries suffered by another person, when in truth and in fact said Juror had been so sued.”

The issue is…