Don Shrum, Inc. v. Valley Mineral Products Corp.

I respectfully dissent and am in general agreement with the court of appeals resolution of the issue addressed by the principal opinion. The court of appeals said:

“Plaintiffs’ first issue concerns the alleged failure of a juror to reveal his friendship with an officer of defendant corporation. Plaintiffs Don Shrum and L. J. Miller filed affidavits with the trial court swearing that they saw Mr. Ledbetter, a juror, conversing as an old friend with Mr. Ben Donnell, defendant’s vice-president, in the courtroom after the jury was dismissed.

“Plaintiffs properly contend that the intentional…