MG05 Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) In Florida in 2007 Small Claims Courts had 210,308 cases and of those only 82 were disposed by jury trial. Is that crazy or what? Guess it is safe to request a Jury Trial in Florida at the Pre-Trial Conference!http://www.flsenate.gov/data/Publications/2009/Senate/reports/interim_reports/pdf/2009-121ju.pdf Edited November 18, 2009 by MG05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueq Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Hardly, anything gets to a jury anymore.I had nearly 2000 civil cases in my county last year and only 4 got to a jury. They were all dueling insurance companies, mostly auto accidents.Getting your lawsuit, as a defendant, to a jury is a myth. It does not happen without big time legal representation.At 85 cases in FL, that is about 1 civil small claims jury trial per county per year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 trueq is right - most cases do not go to a jury or even in front of a judge. Most lawyers have no courtroom experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG05 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Myself I will always ask for a jury trial ... they don't want it anymore then I do ... but a bluff is a bluff in high costs game of poker! I think they will blink long before a consumer with nothing to lose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokeBob Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 What if you get it? Would you rather face a jury, or a judge. It depends on who does the better job framing the issue. If the opposing atty can sucessfully paint you as a deadbeat, you may lose even if the law is on your side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG05 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) Or ... you could paint them as a money whoring business that paid .10 cents on the dollar for a bad debt and are using the court system to make a profit! I would imagine if you had good discovery and got to question a few people you could turn one or two jurors. Everyone these days has an axe to grind with banks, credit cards and the financial system. Remember, they don’t do trials either (82 out of 210,000) that equals 0.038%. Edited November 18, 2009 by MG05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokeBob Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Yes, this is a more anti-bank time than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaLawyer Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Duval County has had 1 jury trial per year in County Court for some time. Everytime I had one set for jury trial the other side called and paid my client the day before trial. In Circuit Court the numbers are also low. Think 30-60 per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG05 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Duval County has had 1 jury trial per year in County Court for some time. Everytime I had one set for jury trial the other side called and paid my client the day before trial. In Circuit Court the numbers are also low. Think 30-60 per year.Wow ... That is crazy! I would guess the stakes might be too high for the JDB to risk on a jury that most likely would side against them. I think if I was in a jury box I could not help someone profit off another persons misfortunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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