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Last night, March 12, 1975, the Court received a phone
call from LEWIS D. BECKER, the foreman of the jury in the case
of HOMER M. VANATER, d/b/a KIRBY'S SHOE STORE, and KIRBY'S SHOE
CORPORATION OF FLORIDA, INC., a Florida corporation, VS. ALLSTATE
INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, which was tried on
March 10 and 11, 1975. Mr. Becker advised the Court that he had
just received a phone call.from Mr. Vanater concerning this case.
Mr. Becker was very concerned and upset by this direct contact
by Mr. Vanater. Mr. Vanater allegedly advised Mr. Becker that
he, Mr. Vanater, had been advised by his attorney, Mr. Baya, to
contact the juror. In order to determine if there is probable
cause to indicate a possible violation of E.C. 7-29 and DR-7-108
of the Code of Ethics and Code of Professional Responsibility,
as adopted by order of the Supreme Court of Florida on June 3,
1970, the Court will take a sworn statement from the juror,
Lewis D. Becker, at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, March 13, 1975. Mr.
Baya, as attorney for Mr. Vanater, and Mr. Moss, as attorney for
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that George J. Baya, Esq. and George
H. Moss, Esq. were contacted by phone, this date, and read the
r foregoing statement. to them over the phone between 8:30 A.M.
and 9:00 A.M., March 13, 1975. ~
_ DATED this 13th day of March, 1975.
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