In which the plaintiff’s attorney gets rowdy. Prevented by law from discussing the specifics… Let me give you a hypothetical situation: If a baseball catcher decides to play without a facemask and pads, whose fault is it if he gets hurt by a pitch? If you are the plaitiff… you sue the pitcher of course. [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
All the fun you can stand on Jury Duty
The Judge attmpted to make light of our choosing, instructing the 40 person panel of prospective jurors to: “Hold their applause until all twelve winners’ names had been called out.” That was about as good as it got. We have noticed that trials are very similar to weddings. There is the plaintif’s side and the [...]
You have to Use Humor on Jury Duty
There are three main types of people who wait in the main jury room. About half are readers, people smart enought to bring at least a daily paper, many have books. These folks settle down for the duration and might as well be in an easy chair at home, except for the 300 other folks [...]
