Dryman v. Watts

Ellington, Judge.

Mitchell and Tammy Watts, as parents and next friend of their injured child, Zachary, sued Joseph Dryman in Muscogee County for negligence, alleging he struck Zachary with his truck while swerving around a parked ice cream truck in a school zone at a time when school children would be present. After a trial, the jury returned a defense verdict in favor of Dryman. The Watts moved for a new trial on the general grounds and on the special ground that a juror had obtained extrajudicial evidence pertinent to a material issue at trial. Following a hearing, the trial court granted…