The 4th Circuit has lifted a $14,655 sanction against the lead trial attorney for Ford Motor Co. in a personal injury case that was imposed as punishment for peeking at jury room notes at the close of the trial. The appeals court found no bad faith or abuse of the litigation process and no violation of the rules because the case had concluded and jurors were gone. The panel noted that the problem could have been avoided if the court clerk had retrieved the evidence and distributed it to the lawyers.
August 13, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted a $14,655 sanction against the lead trial attorney for Ford Motor Co. in a personal injury case that was imposed as punishment for peeking at jury room notes at the close of a trial.
D. Alan Thomas and associate John I. Southerland, were called back to the jury room by a court clerk to collect exhibits following a defense verdict in a products liability case involving a Ford Explorer rollover in West Virginia.
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