Case Name: Rose Bainton, as Guardian of the Infant, Robert Bainton, Respondent, v. Board of Education of the City of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1968-05-29
Citations: 57 Misc. 2d 140
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rose Bainton, as Guardian of the Infant, Robert Bainton, Respondent, v. Board of Education of the City of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 57
Pages: 140–140

Head Matter:
Rose Bainton, as Guardian of the Infant, Robert Bainton, Respondent, v. Board of Education of the City of New York, Appellant, et al., Defendant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
May 29, 1968.
J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Edmund B. Hennefeld of counsel), for appellant. Samuel A. Locker for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
It is undisputed that two of the jurors made separate and unauthorized visits to the scene of the accident. This was highly improper and so inherently prejudicial as to require a new trial. The rule that a jury may not impeach its own verdict is no longer applicable in respect to misconduct outside the juryroom (People v. De Lucia, 20 N Y 2d 275; cf. Parker v. Gladden, 385 U. S. 363).
The order should be unanimously affirmed, with $25 costs.
Concur— McDonald, P. J., Groat and Schwartzwald, JJ.
Order affirmed, etc.