California Court of Appeal Rules that Contractual PreDispute Waivers of Jury Trials are Not EnforceableCarl R. SanchezTeri E. O’Brien
The Cost of Overlooking Jury Fees Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP on 1/27/2022 On January 21, 2022, the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Two (Los Angeles), certified for publication a 2-1 decision that serves as an important reminder to California attorneys to post jury ...
Sorry I may have understood here, but are you saying you had to do jury service and cost you money to do so? Just out of curiosity, what would happen if you ended up on one of those crazy trials that last months? I would expect that your job would be protected and that you would...
First, jury trials can be very expensive, both for the government and for the defendants. Trials by jury also tend to be longer than bench trials, which can add to the cost and inconvenience involved. Another downside of jury trials is that they can be unpredictable. Because juries are comp...
selection — which could well give us good things our party is entitled to under the law. In California, that’s the Code of Civil Procedure sections 222.5 (for civil & bits for criminal trials) and 223 (for criminal trials). Your jurisdiction may vary, but it has similar statutes, too...
Trials against drugmakers in New York and distribution companies in Washington state are underway now. A trial of claims against distribution companies in West Virginia has wrapped up, but the judge has not yet given a verdict. Earlier in November, a California judge ruled in favor of top d...
the electric-vehicle maker prevailed in two previous trials in California after juries found the accidents — one fatal and one not — were due to driver error rather than the company’s technology. Each of the trials, and more that are scheduled in coming months in California and Florida, ...
A federal jury has awarded nearly $3.2 million in damages to a Black former worker at a Tesla factory in California. The factory has been at the epicenter of racial discrimination allegations hanging over the automaker run by billionaire Elon Musk. The v
Jurors play a very important role during trials and without them the court will not be able to make accomplish their objective. These individuals work hand in hand together in becoming part of the court itself. This is the reason why before one becomes part of the jury, they must pass a ...
such acquaintance with the stranger before him, he must weigh the prospective juror's words and manner of speech and, in fact, hastily and cautiously 'size him up' as best he can." In the last 18 months, my team and I tried three long-cause jury trials in Orange County, California. ...