Rob CarlsonUS folks only, out of curiosity, how many times have you served on a jury - not just called but actually sat through a trial?
ETA: Also feel free to reply with your JD stories.
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Jonathan Kamens 86 47@vees Served as foreman on civil trial about car accident. Defendant had already been found liable, for some reason we were only asked to decide damages.
We carefully calculated what we thought damages should be, not including medical expenses that were covered by health insurance.
Then we found out _after_ verdict that insurance company gets reimbursed from awarded damages.
Asked lawyer friend about this, he said lawyers in MA are *not allowed to tell jurors this*.
Completely absurd.
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We carefully calculated what we thought damages should be, not including medical expenses that were covered by health insurance.
Then we found out _after_ verdict that insurance company gets reimbursed from awarded damages.
Asked lawyer friend about this, he said lawyers in MA are *not allowed to tell jurors this*.
Completely absurd.
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@jik Likewise in the one trial I sat, they were not allowed to tell anyone that the attorneys for the defendant were employed by or paid for by the insurance company, and that damages would have been paid by them. The defendant was a home builder so there wasn't much emotional difference.