Administrative/Regulatory
Mar. 24, 2015
Attorneys, courts mull revising expedited jury trial program
After much fanfare in 2011, a law allowing expedited jury trials for some civil cases has seen relatively little use. What will it take to make the option more popular?
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - Judges and attorneys are looking for ways to overhaul a program that allows expedited jury trials for small civil cases, which received overwhelming support but has been little used.
The Judicial Council hopes that a bill to renew the program, AB 555 by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas, "will be a vehicle for consensus legislation to improve" the use of expedited trials, said Dan...
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