Will You Be Judged by a Jury of Your Peers?

Selecting representative juries. That concept is easy to articulate as a theory but difficult to implement in practice. Choosing jury pools from voter registration lists, for example, assures that people who do not register to vote will never serve on juries. Voter registration lists generally reflect a higher percentage of older, white, affluent individuals than the community as a whole.

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Family Seeks Compensation for Child Crushed by Tombstone

In an application of wrongful death law that is unusual but not unprecedented, parents in Utah whose four-year-old child was crushed by a falling tombstone are suing the Glenwood Cemetery Association. The child’s parents allege that the Association negligently failed to maintain the tombstone while the Association claims that the tombstone was secure before the child began to climb on it.

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Can You Sue a Business That Lets Hackers Steal Your Data?

Not surprisingly, consumers who have had their personal data stolen have turned to the courts for redress. Whether you can maintain a lawsuit for loss of your personal information may depend in part upon where you live, as shown by two Federal Court decisions in December. More…

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