Category Archives: FAQs – Juries

Different Juries Rule on Same Case with Same Injuries – 1st Jury Awards $575,000 for Pain and Suffering, 2nd Jury only $22,000. Why?

By John Hochfelder on March 16, 2009 Posted in FAQs - Juries, Foot Injuries, Surprising Damage Verdicts

In a case involving a pedestrian struck by a bus, there were two trials with two different juries. The plaintiff sustained elbow and foot fractures and in the first case her pain and suffering verdict was $575,000 but in the second case a new jury reduced that sum to $22,000! It all began at 6… Continue Reading

Who will be the jurors on my case and how will they be selected?

By John Hochfelder on February 14, 2009 Posted in FAQs - Juries

It takes between one and four years on average from the date an injury lawsuit is filed in New York to the date of trial – when six people you never knew, people who never wanted to know you, people who likely resent having been chosen for your jury, will sit for days or weeks… Continue Reading