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Legislator wants you for MORE jury duty...
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:30 am
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:30 am
on small claims. So get ready to be much more likely to lose up to a weeks work for $34.00 a day....
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It's House Bill 917 by Representative Garofalo. It seeks to make the jury threshold zero dollars instead of the current $50,000. It was 1993 when lawmakers put the threshold in place. It basically has both sides of a lawsuit agree to how much a lawsuit is worth in terms of money. If the parties do not agree then a judge decides how much he or she thinks it's worth. Raymond Garofalo wants to change that.
"I'm sorry for all the time that this is taking. I know it's a contentious issue. But with all due respect we're hearing from a lot of attorneys testifying today," says Garofalo.
The legal community was indeed well represented. Jury trials are something many lawyers want no part of...for one reason or another. Judges are also reluctant to give up threshold.
"I'm a trial judge and I just cannot understand how anybody can disconnect that if this bill passes that we are not going to spend a more inordinate amount of time trying to handle the case load that we presently have," testified District Court Judge Bob Morrison.
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This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 9:03 am
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Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:35 am to Pennymoney
This bill is the most ridiculous bill going right now and is at the behest of the multi billion dollar insurance industry and large corporations. these guys want to force low ball settlements on cases that would cost more to bring to trial than they are worth. The little man loses if this bill passes.
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 8:36 am
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:36 am to Pennymoney
We get paid time off and the money
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:39 am to HeadyMurphey
quote:
We get paid time off and the money
I can see that ending when the employees are getting called for duty 4-5 times a year.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:40 am to Motorboat
Good. You shouldn't be bringing a case if it's not worth the cost of a jury.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:44 am to FalseProphet
[quote]Good, You shouldn't be bringing a case if it's not worth the cost of a jury./quote]
No. You shouldn't be wasting people's time to serve 3-4 days twiddling their thumbs in a jury holding room cause they might get called to serve on a small claim.
That's overwhelmingly obvious.
No. You shouldn't be wasting people's time to serve 3-4 days twiddling their thumbs in a jury holding room cause they might get called to serve on a small claim.
That's overwhelmingly obvious.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:44 am to Pennymoney
quote:Those people become transactional lawyers.
Jury trials are something many lawyers want no part of...for one reason or another.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:44 am to FalseProphet
What qualifies you to make that over-generalized call?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:45 am to FalseProphet
quote:
Good. You shouldn't be bringing a case if it's not worth the cost of a jury.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:47 am to Pennymoney
This bill is having a tough time making it through the channels. Hope it stays that way.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:51 am to Pennymoney
Everyone needs to vote against this BS.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:57 am to boom roasted
$34 a day? Our cheapskate broke county here in Alabama pays you $10 a day, plus a nickel per mile roundtrip. I served monday and yesterday, and got a check for a whopping grand total of $22.30. Plus I had to miss work at a month and quarter end, and am way behind this week and will have to work 10-12 hours the next 3 days to catch up. Didn't sit on a single jury. Got called into 3 different jury pools. Only one of those were actually selected. One of them was resolved (criminal case) right before jury selection began. 52 people sitting in the court room ready for jury selection, and after delaying for 30 minutes the judge finally came back and said we had to go back to the jury pool room. Another didn't make it to selection because apparently what insurance provider you have for your car insurance might sway your opinion. Judge asked how many of the prospective jurors had a certain car insurance company, and over half of the 42 prospective jurors raised their hand. The judge and attorneys went to his chambers for 20 minutes and then the judge's assistant came back out and sent us back to the jury pool room. Biggest waste of time. You'd think they'd have their shite together and just be ready to roll by the time a trial comes around 4 years after the fact.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:14 am to Motorboat
quote:
This bill is the most ridiculous bill going right now and is at the behest of the multi billion dollar insurance industry and large corporations. these guys want to force low ball settlements on cases that would cost more to bring to trial than they are worth. The little man loses if this bill passes.
Which in turn will ultimately lower the overall auto insurance rates in Louisiana. Want to know why Louisiana has one of the highest auto insurance rates in the US? This and the Gordon McKernans of the world are one of the big reasons. People in Louisiana (specifically major urban areas) are sue happy. By paying out these ridiculously high "settlements" the costs are ultimately passed on to you, the insured. Look at the other states with lower thresholds and compare their rates. It's the "little man's" responsibility to be properly covered. If you're underinsured, it's not the company's fault.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:17 am to Pennymoney
What's insane is you have LABI sponsoring this bill like it is a good thing to have LOTS of jury trials. 
Typical Louisiana politics, we go from maybe being the dumbest State with the highest jury threshold to the dumbest State with the lowest jury threshold. We don't have the sense to get out of our home way.
Why for once can't we just do something normal and simple like copy what smarter people do. Find a State with smarter people and just copy what they do.
Typical Louisiana politics, we go from maybe being the dumbest State with the highest jury threshold to the dumbest State with the lowest jury threshold. We don't have the sense to get out of our home way.
Why for once can't we just do something normal and simple like copy what smarter people do. Find a State with smarter people and just copy what they do.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:25 am to Monk
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Why for once can't we just do something normal and simple like copy what smarter people do. Find a State with smarter people and just copy what they do.
Amen
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:26 am to Monk
quote:
Typical Louisiana politics, we go from maybe being the dumbest State with the highest jury threshold to the dumbest State with the lowest jury threshold. We don't have the sense to get out of our home way.
36 states have 0 jury threshold...
i barely tapped another car last May in Orleans Parish and the lady and her passenger both got 10k in medical expenses despite there being 0 damage to her car (they got 1k for that)
and people wonder why we have the highest auto insurance rates in the nation. it's morris bart's fault
kudos to my legislator Mr. Garofalo for sponsoring this bill
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 9:29 am
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:33 am to chalmetteowl
quote:
and people wonder why we have the highest auto insurance rates in the nation. it's morris bart's fault
Every State has their own Morris Barts so it's obviously not that simple, unfortunately.
I don't think that more jury trials is the answer though. More cow bell maybe, but not more jury trials.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:35 am to Pennymoney
Pretty easy to pick out the plaintiffs' attorneys in this thread.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:40 am to Monk
quote:
36 states have 0 jury threshold...
There have to be several that are smarter than LA in that bunch.
...If not all
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:49 am to Pennymoney
Louisiana needs a "losers pay" law.
That will stop the frivolous BS lawsuits.
That will stop the frivolous BS lawsuits.
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