Kristine Smotherman and Brian Smotherman v. Cass Regional Medical Center

Introduction

Kristine Smotherman (Plaintiff) filed a petition for damages against Cass Region^ al Medical Center (Defendant) after she slipped and fell in a bathroom on Defendant’s premises. The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict for Defendant. Plaintiffs counsel later discovered that one of the jurors during the trial had Googled the weather forecast for the day of the slip and fall. Plaintiffs motion for a new trial based on the juror’s alleged misconduct was overruled. She now argues on appeal that the trial court erred in overruling her motion for a new trial. This Court…