Margaret Wagner v. Baystate Health Inc

Filing 111

Judge Michael A. Ponsor: ORDER entered. ORDER PROHIBITING POST-VERDICT CONTACT WITH JURORS. See the attached order for details. (Lindsay, Maurice)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
MARGARET WAGNER,
Plaintiff

v.

BAYSTATE HEALTH, INC.,
Defendant

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C.A. 12-cv-30146-MAP

ORDER PROHIBITING POST-VERDICT
CONTACT WITH JURORS
February 20, 2014
PONSOR, U.S.D.J.
In implementation of the holding of the Court of Appeals for
the First Circuit in United States v. Kepreos, 759 F.2d 961 (1st
Cir. 1985), it is hereby Ordered:
That no counsel, litigant herein, or their agents,
shall have any post-verdict contact or discussion of any
kind with any member of the jury in the above-entitled
matter, except under the supervision of this court as
indicated by a prior written order of this court
authorizing such contact. Violation of this Order shall
result in consideration of the imposition of sanctions
upon any offending party.
Any counsel or litigant who becomes aware of any
such contact or attempted contact shall forthwith report
the same to this court, in writing, setting forth all
known facts with respect thereto.
It is So Ordered.
/s/ Michael A. Ponsor
MICHAEL A. PONSOR
U. S. District Judge