STUDIES ABOUT HOW JURIES DECIDE CASES
The American Bar Foundation published an article about a study done in Arizona in which 50 actual civil jury deliberations were videotaped and studied. About half of the cases involved motor vehicle collisions, about 1/3 were general tort cases and the remainder were medical malpractice disputes. The awards ranged from $1000 to $2.8 million dollars. The study began by noting that jurors are in an unfamiliar place. They are doing with people who speak and unfamiliar language. They are called…