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jstlucasREVERSE@hotmail.com (Joe) wrote:

> They'll just raise the taxes to pay for it.
> 

The loser in a civil case (and believe me, nearly all the really long
cases are civil, not criminal cases) pays the "court costs". 
Certainly, they could pay the jury costs.

It's become nearly impossible to get business insurance these days. 
Doctors are closing their practices because they can't afford the
insurance.  I'm trying to take over a nightclub, but one of the big
problems is the high cost of insurance for it.  I know some well-known
restaurants and nightclubs that don't carry insurance at all because
they simply can't afford it.

And what drives up the cost of insurance?  Lawsuits.  Greedy people
see bucks to be made.  But, if they had to bear the cost of the
salaries of a jury -- 12 women and men plus 6 alternates, they'd think
twice before filing suits unless they were quite certain they could
win.  The cost would simply be too high.

Let's see, 18 jurors at $20 an hour.  Say the case goes on for 20
days.  That's $57,000 right there which the loser in a case would have
to pay.

*Everybody* would tread a little easier before suing, and the people
who do misdeeds would be less likely to do suable things once they
realized it would cost them.