Legal Opinion
McNally v. Walkowski
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1969No. 5771PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Mowbray, J.:
This appeal challenges the rule announced by Lord Mansfield in Vaise v. Delaval, 1 Term. Rep. 11 (K.B. 1785), that a juror’s statement may not be admitted to impeach a verdict in which the juror participated.
McNally was injured in a single-car-turnover accident. Walkowski was the driver of the vehicle in which McNally was riding as a passenger. McNally sued Walkowski for damages. The case was tried to a jury, and a 9-3 verdict was returned for Walkowski.
One of the nine majority jurors telephoned McNally’s counsel the day following the trial and complained of…
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