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143092P.pdf   06/29/2015  Kirk Manuel  v.  MDOW Insurance Company
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-3092
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Helena   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Murphy and Colloton, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Insurance. Given the fact that there was no evidence that 
   either of two jurors had actual bias against plaintiff's witnesses or that 
   the circumstances presented an extreme situation from which the court 
   could imply bias, the district court did not err in denying plaintiff's 
   motion for new trial based on family relations between one juror and 
   witness or past interactions between a witness and a second juror; while 
   the court has some concerns about the testimony of defendant's fire 
   expert, plaintiff did not object to the testimony, and the district court 
   did not clearly error in permitting testimony from defendant's expert 
   witness that the fire had been set intentionally.