NEW YORK — A state trial judge has thrown out a jury verdict after determining that a lawyer in the case closely monitored the movements of jurors during trial.

Justice Deborah Karalunas in Syracuse, N.Y., found that Scott Green­span of law firm Sedgwick violated the “sanctity of the jury” when, over the course of a 15-day trial, he followed jurors, including when they went to lunch. The judge said that jurors were made to feel bothered and scared.