Litigation
Jul. 22, 2000
Playing by Instinct
Jurors decide cases according to their interpretation of the evidence without much regard to jury instructions.
This month, some thoughts based on my June jury trial. Yes, we won, but no, we didn't win as much as I would have liked. (Does anybody?) Every attorney has his or her laid-in-concrete truisms about juries. Well, here is my newest set, gleaned from conversations with almost all the jurors after the verdict was read.
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