A court in northeastern Pennsylvania has ordered an underinsured motorist case to be retried after learning that a computer glitch in November may have affected questionnaires the attorneys used to select the jury.

Monroe County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jennifer Sibum last week vacated the $800,000 verdict the jury handed up in the case, captioned Escalante v. State Farm, and ordered that the parties retry the case in September.

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