Rogers v. Steuermann

BRUCE NORMILE, Special Judge.

The jury returned a verdict for the defendant upon plaintiffs’ claims for personal injuries and loss of services arising out of an open intersectional automobile accident. Plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial was primarily based on two allegations of juror misconduct and was overruled by the trial court. This appeal followed, and we affirm.

The first allegation of jury misconduct is that at least two of the jurors visited the scene of the accident to make their own investigation following submission of the case to them. The second allegation of misconduct is that the…