Melendez v. Exxon Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding plaintiff waived complaint of juror misconduct due to juror allegedly sleeping during trial when juror’s behavior not brought to attention to trial court during trial
• noting that tactical decisions to wait and call a witness as a rebuttal witness when the party could anticipate the need for the testimony does not establish good cause
• “The burden is on the complaining party to present a sufficient record to the appellate court to show error requiring reversal.”
• “A successful challenge to evidentiary rulings usually requires the complaining party to show that the judgment turns on the particular evidence excluded or admitted.”
• sleeping juror observed during trial

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