Well it has been a long time.
I was on Jury Duty from the beginning of Febuary to the third week of March, and after sitting and taking notes the whole time--I was the alternate! What really suchs about this is that I was the only person on the Jury to completely understand the evidence presented, and would have made a different decision than the one they made. The case was called Schwannenberg and Coultas Vs. General Electric, and it was the last law suite for the August 5, 2008 crash of a Carson Helicopoter, in northern California, that killed 8 forest service employees and the Pilot (Roark Schwannenberg) and badly burned Co-Pilot Bill Coultas.
The Plaintiffs Attorney Greg Anderson, claimed that the one of the motors on the Sikorsky S-61 helicoper had failed do to a known design defect; while GEs attorney--Kevin Smith, claimed the copter was badly over weight. The Plaintiffs were asking for 170 million in damages, from GE who made 11 billion in profit lasy year.
The evidence pointed 100% to an engine failure, but my fellow jurors held GE only 57% liable, and held Carson Helicopters 23% liable, and Sikorsky 20% at fault, lastly they only awarded 77million in damages. I would have given GE the shaft, and awarded the full 170 million, as the deaths of these poor people was 100% there fault.
Other than that, i have been pretty good!
I was on Jury Duty from the beginning of Febuary to the third week of March, and after sitting and taking notes the whole time--I was the alternate! What really suchs about this is that I was the only person on the Jury to completely understand the evidence presented, and would have made a different decision than the one they made. The case was called Schwannenberg and Coultas Vs. General Electric, and it was the last law suite for the August 5, 2008 crash of a Carson Helicopoter, in northern California, that killed 8 forest service employees and the Pilot (Roark Schwannenberg) and badly burned Co-Pilot Bill Coultas.
The Plaintiffs Attorney Greg Anderson, claimed that the one of the motors on the Sikorsky S-61 helicoper had failed do to a known design defect; while GEs attorney--Kevin Smith, claimed the copter was badly over weight. The Plaintiffs were asking for 170 million in damages, from GE who made 11 billion in profit lasy year.
The evidence pointed 100% to an engine failure, but my fellow jurors held GE only 57% liable, and held Carson Helicopters 23% liable, and Sikorsky 20% at fault, lastly they only awarded 77million in damages. I would have given GE the shaft, and awarded the full 170 million, as the deaths of these poor people was 100% there fault.
Other than that, i have been pretty good!