McElroy ex rel. Action Manufacturing Co. v. Gaffney

This is an interlocutory appeal from rulings by the Trial Court (Temple, J.) denying the defendants a jury trial and refusing to disqualify the plaintiff’s attorney, in this the -third lawsuit between these parties arising out of the ownership and operation of Action Manufacturing Company. The following issues are presented for our review: (1) to what extent does the constitutional right to a jury trial require a binding jury verdict where the plaintiff’s bill in equity includes a count alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress; and (2) whether the plaintiff’s attorney should have…