Opinion ID: 2188334
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Heading: jury misconduct as ground for new trial

Text: Loving argues that the jury's consideration of the documents in question constituted misconduct of the jury, a ground for a new trial in accordance with § 25-1142(2). Misconduct of the jury, used in § 25-1142(2), does not necessarily mean a jury's bad faith or malicious motive, but means a jury's violation of, or departure from, an established rule or procedure for production of a valid verdict. See, Chicago, St. P., M. & O. R. Co. v. Deaver, 45 Neb. 307, 63 N.W. 790 (1895); Cerf v. Smolderen, 39 N.J.Super. 222, 120 A.2d 793 (1956); Railroad v. Green, 100 Tenn. 238, 47 S.W. 221 (1898).