Many cases have reached consistent results in upholding denials of new trial motions. See Bernier v. National Fence Co, 176 Conn. 622 (1979), where one juror read an article in local newspaper concerning the trial revealing facts not before the jury; Bluett v. Eli Skating Club, 133 Conn. 99 (1946) where derogatory racial remarks made by a juror concerning the race to which one of the jurors and counsel for the plaintiff belonged; Genuario v. Finkler, 136 Conn. 500, 503 (1950) where one juror had a conversation with certain persons who were not members of the jury; Klingeman v. MacKay, supra, where the jury found to have referred to dictionary definition of "proximate cause;" one juror also found to have reduced his thoughts to writing and submitted this to the other jurors. After responding to two questions from the jury, the court gave a cautionary instruction regarding the duty of the jury to decide the case fairly, based upon the law and the evidence.