Coats v. Lee & Eastes, Inc.

This is a personal injury action. The jury rendered verdicts for both of the defendants on their cross-complaints. A motion for new trial based on all statutory grounds was denied. This appeal is limited to one issue, the alleged employment of a private investigator to shadow one of the jurors during the trial.

The appeal comes to us on a short record. The trial court certified the following points relied upon by appellants:

“I. Employment by defendants’ liability insurance carrier and concurred in by defendants’ counsel of record of a private investigator to shadow and tail a duly impaneled…