Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland?

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From: trebor
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 15:42

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sfdavidkaye@yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote:

>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.

I can't imagine why a cost increase of $57,000 would put the brakes on
lawsuits that cost millions. Besides, as you point out, it's the
insurance company that pays the costs, not the litigants.

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