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Originally Posted by CHRISP357
It doesn't matter if we're lawyers or not. People like us will be the jury.
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Which is why so many civil cases where a plaintiff demands a jury trial end up settling. If the case survives summary judgment/motion to dismiss with the big claims intact...all bets are off as juries are a total crapshoot. With a big jury award in hand the plaintiffs have even more leverage in negotiating a settlement. A defendant has to be supremely confident of victory to roll the dice. If people were getting killed in Porsches regularly then it might make financial sense to fight Walker's daughter but that's just not the case today.