JURY SELECTION – PERSONAL INJURY TRIAL (PART 1) At the beginning of a trial, a group of potential jurors will be brought into the Courtroom and all the lawyers will be allowed to ask various questions to the potential jurors. This is to find out if there is a bias that would cause the Judge to exclude the potential juror, but more importantly it is to find out the attitudes and experiences of the potential jurors. In this part of the trial, your lawyer will ask questions seeking to understand different attitudes and beliefs and experiences of each particular juror. For example, if the lawsuit involves a semi-truck which ran the plaintiff off the road and paralyzed the plaintiff, then it’s important to understand each potential juror’s experience with driving next to large trucks and also dealing with paralysis. There is no right or wrong answer that a juror can give - what we want is a truthful answer, so that we can seek to understand. Every person has biases and prejudices. Anyone who claims to have no bias and no prejudice is simply not telling the truth or is a truly unique human being. What we try to accomplish in the jury selection process is to understand those biases and understand those prejudices so that we can ask a question that may get the potential juror thinking about their own bias and prejudice so that they can set that aside and truly be fair and render a fair verdict. If you or a loved one have been injured in an auto accident, contact the legal professionals at the Law Offices of Roderick C. White and let us take care of everything from start to finish... Dallas: 214-I GOT YOU (446-8968); Fort Worth: 817-I GOT YOU (446-8968); East Texas: 903-I-GOT-YOU (446-8968); Toll Free: 855-I GOT YOU (446-8968) or visit us online at IGotYou.net.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:33:06 +0000
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