A hostile work environment and sexual harassment trial originally conducted years ago must begin again because one of the jurors exhibited possible religious prejudice during the first trial, a New Jersey appellate court has ruled.

In Davis v. Husain, the Appellate Division on March 1 held that a juror’s comment to fellow jury members—that defendant Dr. Abbas Husain, a Hindu, did not put his hand on the Bible when taking the oath—could have tainted the verdict.