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I am pleased to announce that my new book Kurt D. Lloyd on Jury Selection has been published. If you would like to receive a free copy, then please register and attend the upcoming seminar Jury Deselection: The Law and Voir Dire Techniques for Jury Selection.
The Lloyd Law Group is pleased to announce that the ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure Section has invited trial attorney Kurt D. Lloyd to speak at its upcoming Seminar: Seven Hot Litigation Practice Areas: Information to Successfully Represent Clients.
I am pleased to have been able to bring to a successful close to a long pending product liability case. In 2010, the plaintiff who was a garbage truck driver was operating the hydraulic compaction system on a truck sold by a national garbage truck manufacturer, when he had all of his toes crushed and later
If you were injured in a trucking accident in Chicago, Berwyn, Oak Lawn, Cicero, or a nearby community, call the injury attorneys at Lloyd Miller Law for a free consultation.
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In my last Blog, I wrote about the Illinois "set-aside" rule. Under the set-aside rule, the trial judge can deny your challenge for cause to remove a juror based on personal, negative beliefs of the juror; provided, however, the juror also testified that he or she will set-aside those beliefs and will be fair.
Kurt D. Lloyd shall present Voir Dire: Designing Questions Which Discover Juror Bias and Which Prove a Winning Challenge for Cause. Mr. Lloyd is a trial attorney who is the author of the newly published book Jury Selection.
I recently spoke to attorneys on the subject of challenging jurors for cause at a Jury Selection seminar sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section. For me, establishing a valid challenge for cause is one of the most challenging tasks in jury selection. What is cause to disqualify a juror is difficult.
The Chicago Bar Association has an upcoming continuing legal education event:
February 22, 2017: 4:00 to 6:30 pm, Richard J. Daley Center, Rm 2005
Jury Selection: Practical Advice for Picking a Jury
As a trial lawyer, I read and hear stories regularly about fellow trial lawyers discovering that a previously sworn juror's Facebook page contradicted his voir dire answers or revealed a unfavorable, biased attitude toward the plaintiff's case.
In voir dire, I want to ask prospective jurors their attitudes or feelings about certain fundamental facts in the case, i.e. anticipated evidence. I need to know whether a juror has some inherent "belief" based attitude that will prevent him from fairly hearing the plaintiff's evidence.
In jury selection, I try to use voir dire to have an open and frank discussion with prospective jurors about their experiences and beliefs. I not only want to know their experiences and beliefs but also how they might affect their ability to listen favorably to my client's case. In essence, based on a juror's belief
In a direct medical negligence case, the plaintiff is alleging that the defendant physician negligently did or did not do something in compliance with the standard of care. For example, in a laparoscopic gall bladder surgery case where the plaintiff suffered a cut common bile duct, the plaintiff is alleging improper technique.