Polling the Jury is Important
You have filed a personal injury lawsuit in the state of New York and at the end of the trial the jury has reached a verdict. However, the judge refuses to ask the jury to confirm their verdict, to make sure it is consistent with what they wrote down on the verdict sheet. What will happen if this occurs? What does polling the jury mean and why is it done? When each juror is asked individually to confirm the verdict that was returned to the court, it is called polling the jury. Each juror will be asked to render his or her verdict verbally in