The judge was right — the trial lasted two days. We had to stay late to finish, but all of us on the jury agreed that was better than coming back in for a third day. We walked back into court with our verdict at 6:30pm, so not too bad, after all.
The Decision
So, what was our decision? We found that the plaintiff was not owed anything by his former employer, whom he had sued for a bonus that he felt he had earned. For me, it was a simple case, since the plaintiff resigned before the bonus for the past year had been established or paid. Come on, who expects to quit a job and then ask for and get paid a bonus?
Jury of My Peers
I have quite a few thoughts to share about the trial and the experience of being a juror on this case, but first I have to say that I gave my fellow jurors the URL for this blog, and I hope that they will read and comment on what I write here, but I have to admit Read the rest of this entry »
