Campise v. Borcherding

ROY L. RICHTER, Presiding Judge.

Megan Campise (“Plaintiff’) appeals the trial court’s denial of her motion for new trial and request for an evidentiary hearing on juror misconduct. Plaintiff alleges the trial court erred because defense counsel argued an improper adverse inference in his closing argument and because a juror failed to disclose he had been a party to prior litigation. We remand for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff filed suit for personal injuries against Gary Borcherding (“Defendant”) five years after a motor vehicle accident. For over two years following this…