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The Judge cannot tell the Jury What Your Case is Worth
Can a Judge Express his Opinion to the Jury about What Your Case is Worth
If your personal injury case goes all the way to trial, whether it is a car accident case, medical malpractice case, or even a wrongful death case, does the judge tell the jury at the end of the trial, how much he believes you are entitled to receive as part of your damages and claims you are making?
The answer is no, the judge will never ever give his opinion to the jury, about what he believes what the jury should do. The judge cannot tell the jury what your case is worth because it is not the judge’s function to tell the jury what he believes or insinuate what he thinks the victim should receive. The jury has to determine this on their own by adhering to the facts of the case.
What do You Hope to Accomplish by Filing a Personal Injury Lawsuit
Common Opinion and Reality
When you are involved in an accident, and you are contemplating filing a personal injury lawsuit, what exactly do you hope to accomplish? It is vital to know the motivation that has made you decide to file a lawsuit. Generally, many people think that injured victims simply are eager to sue for any amount they can acquire.
However, the reality is that most people who submits a personal injury lawsuit is not actually interested in the compensation, but rather someone who wants to prevent someone, certainly this person, from doing this harm again. They want to make sure, this type of terrible neglect or selfish nature does not happen again. Almost every victim that goes to an attorney will say that he is not doing it for the money, but he wants to make sure this particular harm does not happen again to anybody else.
Why the Judge will Instruct the Jury not to Discuss the Case amongst Themselves
Judge Controls all Trial Proceedings
At a trial of a personal injury case, which can be an accident case, medical malpractice case, or even a wrongful death case, the judge will be in charge of supervising and controlling the courtroom. In every instance, the judge will instruct the jury not to discuss the case amongst themselves during any of the breaks. The judge will make it clear to the jurors that they are not to talk about the
case during the breaks and when they leave for the day. Why does the judge give this instruction to the jury?
Why Jurors cannot Discuss the Case during Breaks?
Hearing the Combined Experience of a Law Firm as a Marketing Message
You might know that no attorney in New York can ever guarantee a particular result or outcome of your case. However, there are so many other types of guarantees that a lawyer can make. For instance, it would be wonderful if a lawyer in his marketing message guarantees that despite his firm’s two hundred years of combined experience, it will not make any difference, if the defense refuses to negotiate and forces them to go to trial. What does this even mean?
Does the Trial Judge know Anything about Your Case
Before the trial takes place, how much does the trial judge know about your particular personal injury case?
Do Attorneys Really Care about What has happened to Victims
Marketing Strategies
Can Your Attorney call a Press Conference in Your Medical Malpractice Case
You feel you have been injured due to the negligence of your doctor or because your doctor violated the basis standards of good and accepted medical care. Now you have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit, and during the trial, your attorney wants to give a press conference regarding your case. Can he do that, and why? The answer is that your attorney has every right to call a press conference.
Can You Sit with Your Lawyer during the Trial at the Counsel Table
You are contemplating filing a lawsuit for an accident or medical malpractice case, and you want to know that if your case goes all the way to trial, can you sit with your attorney at the counsel table during the trial?
