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Originally Posted by over the mountain
Jury duty is actually a once in a lifetime experience.
I know no one wants to be actually selected but it is a cool process. At the end of the case you get to sit around with 5 other strangers from all walks of life and try to come to a group decision.
Please know that years of hard work and a lot of money have been expended just getting the case to the jury trial.
How do you decide what amount of money is fair compensation for 3 months or pain? or worse, a lifetime disability.
I have a 2 year old client now that was rear-ended by a drunk driver at a high rate of speed. Her ER records indicate that she associated with the "sad face" of the face pain scale. She had a follow up with her ped. But there is nothing you can do for a 2 year old with pain. They are too young for PT and cant take narcotic medication. The parents are left worried sick for months while their child is exhibiting abnormal behavior, increased crying and sleep pattern disturbances.
The insurance company of the drunk driver is offering the family $412.
In maryland, in a jury trial case for a car accident, the jury is not told whether the negligent driver has auto ins or what amount of coverage.
Defense insurance company attorneys love it bc they play up the idea that their client, nice Mr. Rogers who only looked down for 1 second, doesnt have a lot of money and he is very sorry.
What the jury does not know is that Mr. Rogers is a pedophile with 300k auto insurance and he will not be paying a dime out of pocket for the harm he caused.
Please know that if a case goes to trial for a car accident, there is auto ins to pay for it.
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Let me tell ya a story .Having lived in MD for only 5 years and and not knowing the first thing about the "good ol boy network"of Lawyers here .My wife and youngest were T-boned(1985) in the 4 month old car while running errands and had my little one not be a real pain in the ass about being in the car seat she might be dead .She was 4 at the time and wanna be a big girl so she was in the middle seat of a station wagon and the car seat was right next to her belted ,she was also belted in .
The other driver ,a Doctor in a min- van from India ran not one but 4 lanes of traffic to cut across and T boned the car ,as the car caves in the car seat covers my youngest and protected her ,my wife got messed up bad ,neck and back .The only witnesses and off duty county and an off duty state Policeman ,this was the case lawyers dream about .It never saw a court room because the "good ol boy network" covered the Doctor from India because he paid major Lawyer money .I know better now but having only been here 5 years and married six I was worried about other things and was taken full advantage of .