Civil Litigation
Jul. 20, 2020
Lawyer says she saw exercising, laying down and other distractions during online voir dire
The plaintiff’s counsel said he saw only minor, inconsequential issues with remote voir dire and that all jurors were attentive.
After summary defeats over juror masks at the state Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court, civil defendants now want a mistrial declared in an asbestos case because they say the virtual voir dire was "riddled with various problems".
Jurors appeared to sleep, exercise and leave the room at times during a virtual questioning session this week, according to Tina M. Glezakos, lawyer for Fryer-Knowles Inc., a co-defendant in a ...
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