§ 584 Retrial.

If a jury gets discharged in the middle of a trial, or after they've started deciding the case, that doesn't mean the case is over. The court can order a new trial to happen right away, or it can schedule the retrial for a later date.

This gives judges flexibility when something goes wrong with a jury, like if jurors can't reach a decision, someone has to leave for an emergency, or another problem forces the jury to be let go before finishing their job. Instead of the case being thrown out, the judge decides what makes the most sense: starting over immediately with a new jury, or waiting until a later date to try the case again.

For people involved in the lawsuit, this means a discharged jury is not the end of the road. The case will still get decided, just through a new trial that the judge will schedule.