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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Auto Negligence

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

JONESBORO DIVISION 

KERRY HOGLAND, et al. PLAINTIFFS 

VS. 3:14CV00273 JTR 

TOWN & COUNTRY GROCER 

OF FREDERICKTOWN MISSOURI, INC. DEFENDANT 

 

 

ORDER 

 On August 25, 2015, the Court received an email from counsel for 

Defendant, Town & Country Grocer of Fredericktown Missouri, Incorporated 

(“Town & Country”), requesting permission, under Local Rule 47.1, “to contact 

some jurors to get opinions on how they viewed some of the evidence in the case.”1

 

 While the Court generally allows attorneys to speak with jurors, after they 

have rendered their verdict, it has developed a number of rules that attorneys must 

follow in performing this task. These rules are designed to balance the attorneys’ 

interest in learning how the jury evaluated the evidence and their arguments at 

trial, with the jurors’ interest in not being harassed or unduly burdened by 

questions from the lawyers. 

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 A copy of this email, marked Exhibit A, is attached to this Order. 

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 First, counsel for Town & Country must provide the Court and Mr. Dreyer, 

within seven days from the entry of this Order, with the specific questions that they 

propose to ask those jurors who may be willing to talk with them about the case. 

Mr. Dreyer will be allowed fourteen days to make objections to those questions. 

The Court will then review the proposed questions, along with any objections, and 

let Town & Country’s counsel know whether they may ask all or only some of 

those questions. 

 Second, after the questions have been finalized, the Court will write each 

juror a letter notifying them that: (1) attorneys for Town & Country would like to 

talk with them, individually, about the trial; (2) they are under no obligation to talk 

with Town & Country’s attorneys and their decision to do so is strictly up to them; 

and (3) any of them who are willing to talk with Town & Country’s attorneys 

about the case should contact Shauna Bostic and let her know the time of day they 

would prefer to be contacted and the phone number the attorneys should call to 

make contact with them. 

 Those jurors who contact Ms. Bostic and express a willingness to talk with 

counsel for Town & Country will be given a copy of the approved questions they 

will be asked about the trial. This should help those jurors to provide more 

thoughtful and meaningful responses to those questions when they are contacted by 

Town & Country’s counsel. 

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 Ms. Bostic will then provide counsel for Town & Country with the names, 

phone numbers, and best contact times for those jurors who are willing to talk with 

them about the case. After receiving this information from Ms. Bostic, counsel for 

Town & Country can contact only those jurors who have indicated a willingness to 

talk with them about the case. The only questions that Town & country’s counsel 

can ask those jurors are the ones previously approved by the Court. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED this 1st day September, 2015. 

 

 

 ___________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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Paul,

I am writing to seek permission from the Court to contact some jurors to get opinions on how they 

viewed some of the evidence in this case. I am wondering if a pleading is needed by Judge Ray or if 

there is another avenue of permission he prefers. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

JONATHAN E. BAKER

ATTORNEY AT LAW

BARBER LAW FIRM, PLLC

2700 Regions Center 

400 West Capitol Avenue 

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 

Direct | 501.707.6148

Company | 501.372.6175 

Facsimile | 501.375.2802 

www.barberlawfirm.com

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Hogland v. Town and Country

Jonathan Baker 

to:

Paul_Wood@ared.uscourts.gov

08/25/2015 10:13 AM

Cc:

Steve Heil, Roger Dreyer, Brett McDaniel

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From: Jonathan Baker <jbaker@barberlawfirm.com>

To: "Paul_Wood@ared.uscourts.gov" <Paul_Wood@ared.uscourts.gov>, 

Cc: Steve Heil <swh@crayhuber.com>, Roger Dreyer <rdreyer@dbbwc.com>, Brett 

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Exhibit A

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