In a medical malpractice case, can a jury be found to have found that a jury member acted in a manner that may have improperly influenced the jury's verdict?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Smith v. Covell, 100 Cal.App.3d 947, 161 Cal.Rptr. 377 (Cal. App. 1980):
These same acts of misconduct may be cited both as evidence of a concealed bias and as an objective fact likely to have improperly influenced the jury's verdict. (Weathers v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, supra, at p. 104, 95 Cal.Rptr. 516, 485 P.2d 1132.)
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