Been there, done that. Where's my t-shirt?

[sinanju]

I've got jury duty again.  And I'm two for two--second time I've been called for jury duty in Oregon, and the second time I've been seated on a jury.  The first time, three or four years ago, it was for a criminal trial which turned out to be pretty interesting.  A home invasion by the Three Stooges, pretty much.  It really demonstrated the validity of the truism "Crooks are stupid."

This time it's a civil trial.  A lawsuit.  And that's all I can say about it at the moment.  It'll probably wind up tomorrow, though there's an outside chance it'll continue on Friday (but not on Thursday for scheduling reasons).  I hope not.  I have plans for Friday that I could reschedule if I absolutely have to, but I'd really rather not.

Comments

Eh?

[seawasp]

As I understood it, once you've been called, they aren't supposed to call on you again for at least like five years.

Re: Eh?

[snippy]

Not true in Oregon. You can be called every other year.

Re: Eh?

[sinanju.livejournal.com]

Nope. I'm home from my jury service and I'm now off the hook for two years, which the rule here. When I first got the summons I thought I was still ineligble, but I checked and by gum it had been more than two years. That was nearly a year ago, mind--I kept putting it off and putting it off, but decided that December was as good a time as any.

The plaintiff prevailed, by the way. With a whopping award of slightly over $3K in economic and $5K in non-economic (pain and suffering) damages. We the jury found that the defendant did cause her some harm* but nowhere near the kind of harm she was claiming.

It wasn't nearly as interesting a trial as the Keystone Krooks criminal trial I sat on several years ago, but it now I can say that I've sat through a criminal AND a civil trial.


*The defendant had admitted liability for the accident; the trial was over whether/how much injury she suffered as a result.