TAPIA v. BARKER

Docket No. A016671.

160 Cal.App.3d 761 (1984)

206 Cal. Rptr. 803

CARLOS TAPIA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RAYMOND BUFORD BARKER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

October 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

LeRoy Hersh and Hersh & Hersh for Plaintiff and Appellant.

P. Beach Kuhl, Gregory H. Halliday and Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

HANING, J.

Plaintiff/appellant Carlos Tapia appeals from a judgment in his favor in his action for personal injuries resulting from a vehicle collision. A jury rendered a special verdict assessing plaintiff's total damages at $12,706.46 and finding him 50 percent negligent. We conclude the verdict was tainted by jury misconduct and reverse.

Plaintiff was driving his...

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