A Florida appeals panel unanimously reversed a $450,000 auto negligence verdict this week because the jury forewoman, a shareholder at a major Miami law firm, hid pertinent personal information during voir dire. According to the opinion, Lisa Berg, a lawyer at Stearns Weaver, did not respond when prospective jurors were asked if they had ever sought medical treatment due to an accident. But it later was discovered that Berg had collected more than $4,000 on an insurance claim stemming from an auto injury.
March 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A 3rd District Court of Appeal panel unanimously reversed a $450,000 auto negligence verdict this week because the jury forewoman, a shareholder at a major Miami law firm, hid pertinent personal information during voir dire.
During jury selection in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, the lawyer for plaintiff Maria Parajon repeatedly asked prospective jurors whether any of them had ever sought medical treatment due to an accident.
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