What do you do when you encounter a jury pool where you get a lot of negative responses to your case? Do you try to establish grounds for a challenge for cause and try to get rid of them? If that is your approach you will find in most cases you are fighting a losing battle. When you try to correct the threat of negative responses with challenges for cause it is like trying to hold back the tide. In many cases you have…
It is really easy to commit malpractice when handling cruise ship injury cases. That’s because the law allows the cruise ship industry to insert contractual limitations in their ticket language. When you read the small print of the twelve pages that accompany the ticket you realize what a legal minefield it is and it’s all legal. If you accept one of these cases you better be prepared for the fine print provisions. There is an excellent article in the Summer…
Here are a few ideas about jury selection for you to consider. Perhaps something here will be helpful to you. PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS After the court has questioned and excused jurors, figure out how many of the panel you should concentrate on. Do that by counting. Count them by including the basic twelve jurors, the number of alternates allowed, then add the number of excuses allowed by the court to all sides, add an arbitrary number for possible excuses for cause and…