Hoffman v. Spartan Stores, Inc

In Hoffman v Monroe Public Schools, 96 Mich App 256, 261; 292 NW2d 542 (1980), this Court held

*291that in all cases, whether civil dr criminal, once a jury has been polled and discharged, its members may not challenge mistakes or misconduct inherent in the verdict. After that point, oral testimony or affidavits by the jurors may only be received on extraneous or outside errors (such as undue influence by outside parties), or to correct clerical errors or matters of form.

Today, we reaffirm the above holding. We will not reward counsel’s postdischarge inquiries regarding the internal thought…