Is a jury's failure to pay attention to the evidence presented at trial a form of misconduct which will justify a new trial if shown to be prejudicial to the losing party?

"[A] jury's failure to pay attention to the evidence presented at trial is a form of misconduct which will justify the granting of a new trial if shown to be prejudicial to the losing party. [Citation.] The duty to listen carefully during the presentation of evidence at trial is among the most elementary of a juror's obligations. Each juror should attempt to follow the trial proceedings and to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence and arguments adduced by each side so that the jury's ultimate determinations of the factual issues presented to it may be based on the strongest foundation possible. Were the rule otherwise, litigants could be deprived of the complete, thoughtful consideration of the merits of their cases to which they are constitutionally entitled. [Citations.]" (Hasson v. Ford Motor Co. (1982) 32 Cal.3d 388, 411.)