R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Andy R. Allen Sr., as Personal Rep. etc.

I would reverse for a new trial beqause the foreman of the jury did not disclose his contempt for cigarette companies when asked directly during voir dire. When asked during voir dire, “What, if any, opinion do you have of cigarette companies, including [Defendants]?” the juror answered only: “[T]hey are a business.” What the juror didn’t reveal was his history of posting sharply negative' views about tobacco companies on social media. Online, he called them leeches and slaveholders who keep addicts in chains. Appellants only discovered the jury foreman’s strong views about them after the…