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0440 Proof that a juror sitting on a case read a newspaper article about the case and formed an opinion prior to the close of plaintiff's case is sufficient evidence of misconduct to result in a mistrial; expert testimony by a physician not listed in response to appropriate request for list of experts should have been excluded; a young disfigured plaintiff unable to communicate with her attorneys or to participate in the trial did not have a right to be present during the liability phase of a bifurcated trial.CitationCASSANDRA P. v CENTER FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH (Prejudicial Article) 20 CA4 1673 [See: EvC 1150; CCP 2034]
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