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HASSON v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Docket No. L.A. 31527.

32 Cal.3d 388 (1982)

650 P.2d 1171

185 Cal. Rptr. 654

JAMES M. HASSON, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

September 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Harney & Moore, David M. Harney, Horvitz & Greines, Ellis J. Horvitz and Gerald H.B. Kane, Jr., for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Winchester Cooley III and Hugh C. Gardner III for Defendant and Appellant.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant appealed from a substantial jury verdict awarded against it in this product liability action; plaintiffs cross-appealed from the trial court's reduction of the compensatory portion of the award. The Court of Appeal overturned the judgment in its entirety and ordered a new trial on the sole ground of juror misconduct. We granted a hearing primarily to clarify (1) under what circumstances juror inattentiveness...

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