Let’s assume that you have a wrongful -death case where the mother and father have lost a 23-year old son who was no longer living with the parents and had moved away to the East Coast at the time of his death and there are three cither children left to the parents. You face any wrongful cases then contact a corporate attorney.
How do you handle these obvious damage problems? I have used the following approach:
“Mrs. Smith, you have indicated that you have a 27-year old daughter who now lives in Chicago. Do you feel that because she is now married and living in Chicago that you love her any less than when she lived with you? Is she…
Let’s assume that you have a wrongful -death case where the mother and father have lost a 23-year old son who was no longer living with the parents and had moved away to the East Coast at the time of his death and there are three cither children left to the parents. You face any wrongful cases then contact a corporate attorney.
How do you handle these obvious damage problems? I have used the following approach:
“Mrs. Smith, you have indicated that you have a 27-year old daughter who now lives in Chicago. Do you feel that because she is now married and living in Chicago that you love her any less than when she lived with you? Is she still in your heart and mind, although she now lives apart from you?”
"Mr. Smith, because you have four children, if you lost one of those children, what kind of a loss would that be to you?”
Who do you select for your jury?
Obviously, the whole purpose of voir^ajire is to assist you in finally making your critical peremptory challenge sele^ons. We are allowed six peremptory challenges per side in a civil jury triafjfirhe selection of those six and in reality, the first five, are vitally important. Firehose selections must be very careful- fullyYonsidered, carefully drawn and meticulously decided upon. Never forget that your opponent may well do you the favor of striking a juror that you proBably don’t like at all. Never ever give Your opponent the advantage of thinking that he’s going to be making all the correct decisions.
e first one or two peremptories air side should be the easy ones; ;t obvious negative jurors that you want jo get rid of. Hold back on the mar- ginrfimes that you may get your opponent for bounce.
Another key consideration in exercising peremptory challenges is the all- important need to preserve that last chal- lenghfi- the number six. This is particu- larlySfiiportant where you're in a situation Briere the opposing attorney is way ahead you in terms of having a number of challenges left since he has waived prochallenges. Remember, if you exercise tBat last critical challenge, then it is totally available to your opponent to have^S free reign of very antagonistic, unfavorable jurors coming on without your paving a chance to do anything about it. With the use of a “six-pack” jury proc®s by some courts, there is an advantage to both sides to know which juroi^are going to be coming up in terms of the replacements for jurors who havetieen peremptorily excused. I feel that the six-pack system is an advantage to both sides, so that when peremptory challenges are exercised, you are able to know exactly who you are going to be getting from the upcoming jurors who fill slots 13-18.
