MarkD wrote:I got called when I lived in NYC, was empaneled for three trials, all civil, and was dismissed for all three. All were for injuries similar to what my Dad had, they either thought I'd be sympathetic or that I knew too much about the injury.
It did amaze me though, at a time when NYC was supposedly awash in crime, all the trials I wound up being called for were civil.
If all the criminal stuff went to trial, the system would collapse.
I've been called for jury duty once. Was between jobs, contract had ended so had nothing better to do.
Name was called, then made it through the selection process and was an actual juror. It was a civil case to do with an injury claim, and they only managed one day of testimony before the trial was called off due to one of the parties having a death in the family. I was actually disappointed.
My fellow jurors were actually pretty cool. In the jury pool, I sat next to a retired cop all morning. He could have been the original Frasier's dad was modeled on. His name was called, but he did not make it through to being seated on a jury. Heh.
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