Could summary jury trials provide a lower-cost litigation alternative?
By Patrick J. Arnold, Jr.
Federal Civil Practice,
March 2011
A summary jury trial is nonbinding and is intended to be a flexible process. An abbreviated procedure is used, whereby the advisory jury may hear only lawyers' arguments, or may also hear some testimony from witnesses for both sides.
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