Ertsgaard v. Beard

How courts have described this case

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• holding new trial should be granted when a juror gives \specialized knowledge [to other jurors] concerning one of the disputed facts in the case under consideration\
• holding new trial should be granted when a juror gives “specialized knowledge [to other jurors] concerning one of the disputed facts in the case under consideration”
• identifying a strong policy in favor of protecting secrecy of jury deliberations
• affidavits may not be considered to the extent that they relate to the mental processes used by the jurors in reaching their verdict
• juror affidavits alleging jury misconduct during deliberation must be ignored to extent that they relate to oral exchanges between jurors to persuade others or to mental processes jurors used in reaching verdict
• juror’s statements about her knowledge as a patient of the defendant physician

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).