The clerk divulged the contents of a jury note to the plaintiff’s attorney—and not the defendants’ attorney—before the parties settled. The defendants in the suit are the owners of a rented boat on which the plaintiff allegedly fell and became paralyzed. Their attorney argued the note showed the jury was leaning in the defendants’ favor and that there would have been no settlement if the defendants’ side had known about the note’s existence and contents.

Read the full article from The Chicago Sun Times .