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AP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 03:14 PM
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75. If that's true, why did a jury listen to experts and decide otherwise? Why
Edited on Fri Feb-06-04 03:17 PM by AP
didn't the defendant appeal?

Both sides had a chance to present expert witnesses. You think juries aren't capable of understanding experts.

If they aren't, I don't know why we should believe the reporter or each other about the truth.

I'll trust the juries who decided these cases were pretty well-informed by both sides and made reasonable rational decisions about liability.

Do you really, as a Democrats, want to criticize the jury system. I'm sure Republicans would love to undermine the legitimacy of juries, so that appointed judges could decide whether insurance companies and corporations are liable for their negligence.
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