Had jury duty today

I sat on one jury and was picked to be an alternate before deliberation. That was annoying as I never got to discuss what we all heard. They decided the same way I would have though.

I testify in court as an expert witness. The last trial, I was a defense witness and the plaintiff’s lawyer asked me to interpret a section of the International Fire Code. When I didn’t say what he wanted me to say, he asked me to read between the lines and find an interpretation that he wanted it to say. My response was “Well since you know so much about the Fire Code, why don’t you volunteer to write the next update to it?” The jury was rolling on the floor laughing at that. I thought that the judge was going to admonish me for that, but he didn’t. Maybe he was biting his tongue to keep from laughing himself. That judge was something else. The plaintiff testified in her deposition that she wouldn’t have sued the laundromat if the owner gave her his personal medical card information (though he told her he would pay her out-of-pocket expenses). The judge kept that statement, and other important facts out of the trial because the attorney said those things would prejudice the jury against his client. The trial was over her tripping on a cigarette bucket near the entrance door. She wasn’t looking where she was walking so she tripped over it. Skinned her shin, but her doctor claimed she herniated discs, etc. She lost - ha,ha!

I was seated on another jury and just before they started the trial, I got booted by the defense because my favorite TV show was CSI Miami. He thought I was going to demand to see DNA evidence? I was happy about getting the boot there. The case was over a step dad having sex for several years with his step daughter starting at age 13.

Our county pays a whopping $5 per day for service.