Do conservatives serve on juries that award huge medical malpractice awards to plaintiffs?

by **bing49** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:45 am

Yes we do. So do liberals. It's called "jury service". When you get a summons, you do your civic duty. If you had a doctor amputate the wrong limb, or remove a healthy body part, what's that worth to you?

by **gowan** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:48 am

What are you talking about? BUTTFACE!

by **salvadore94** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:52 am

Excellent question.

True tort reform requires looking into the psyche of the American juror...

by **winwood** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:58 am

There is no way to know.

by **ludano17** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:09 am

Yes, if they make it through jury selection, which is done by the lawyers represeting each side.

by **gustav** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:13 am

People don't choose what trials they can be jurors for.

by **fychan97** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:19 am

I would assume.

by **tripp** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:33 am

That's not a question found on any jurists pre screening questionnaire .

by **vruyk** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:40 am

My cousin was messed up at birth by a company doctor that turned out not even to be licensed. My aunt and uncle sued, and won a settlement of $8 million, settled out of court. It took every dime of that to raise this poor kid, who suffered from the most debilitating case of kernicterus any doctor and/or physical therapist had ever seen. He died at 19, as a direct result of his condition, and if it hadn't been for that settlement, he would have died years earlier.

I can tell the difference between a frivolous claim and a legitimate claim, based on this experience, so maybe I should be on these juries.

by **teyrnon72** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:46 am

Probably, but who would know? I have never had to mark my ideology on a juror form.

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