Lisy Corp. v. McCormick & Co.

This is an appeal from a bench trial resulting in judgment in favor of the defendants-appellees, McCormick & Company, Inc. and Mojave Foods Corporation (collectively, “McCormick”) and against the plaintiff-appellant, Lisy Corporation (“Lisy”). 1 Lisy presents three questions for our consideration, 2 which we have consolidated and rephrased as a single issue:

Whether a completed case information report, on which an election of a jury trial is noted and which is filed with the complaint and served on the opposing party, is a proper vehicle for demanding a jury trial.

For the reasons that follow,…