Originally Posted by
buzzpat
Hey Nu
Yup. My upcoming is LA District Court, meaning its two weeks of calling in daily. Previously, it was county court which was one day at the courthouse. I actually enjoy the service and civic duty aspect. I embrace the citizen duty thing. But driving 50 miles each way in LA traffic gets old fast. I want to sit on something big. My foreman gig was a civil suit with a moron suing Home Depot because he couldn't follow instructions and erect (hello Anthony Wienir) a ladder properly. He was also a wealthy avocado farmer and wanted to blame the ladder. We were unanimous that he was an idiot. No financial blame for The Depot.
I get called like clockwork every 2 years for Jury Duty for the County Court. The Courthouse is only about 5 minutes from my house, so it's an easy deal.
Unlike what we've been told to expect, I've found my fellow jurors to be generally intelligent and thoughtful. You do see the occasional oddball and fruitcake.
There was this one time where a self-proclaimed anarchist got up and basically told a judge off...
The Voir Dire process is pretty funny, though. Some lawyers don't want anything to do with anyone who knows anything about anything.
Nu