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Thread #68747 Message #1951895
Posted By: wysiwyg
29-Jan-07 - 09:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: I Read it in the Newspaper
Subject: RE: BS: I Read it in the Newspaper
Judge orders new trial after juror sips vodka during proceedings
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A judge ordered a new trial in a case in which a juror sipped vodka throughout the trial.
Jefferson County Circuit Judge Geoffrey Morris said in his order that new trials may be granted only in the most extreme circumstances.
But he said "the inexcusable, disruptive behavior of this juror was so extraordinary as to render this relief appropriate."
The case involved a lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed she was injured when a garbage truck ran into her car.
The jury foreman told Morris that the juror had been disruptive and uncooperative during deliberations, and eventually became so inebriated she could not participate.