In a personal injury case where one juror said he felt another was trying to sway him by flashing money, a New Jersey appeals court upheld the defense verdict because plaintiffs counsel stopped short of requesting a mistrial before the verdict came down.
“We do not believe that plaintiff can show it would be ‘in the interests of justice’ to allow her to demand a mistrial she refused to request, to overturn a verdict which she agreed should be taken,” the Appellate Division said Oct. 27 in Cruz v. Donath.
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