Teran v. General Electric Co.

The sole point on appeal is that a new trial should have been granted where jurors may have overheard comments made by the bailiff, during a recess, regarding the merits of the plaintiff’s case. The transcript of the juror interviews, in which each juror testified that he had not received, either directly or indirectly, any information from the bailiff as to matters asserted by the plaintiff, establishes that the impartiality of the jury was not compromised by remarks made outside the record. For that reason, no error is shown in the trial court’s refusal to grant a new trial. See Premiere…