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Trials Delayed, Cases Pile Up as Too Few Jurors Show Up Amid Coronavirus

Jury duty notices have set Nicholas Philbrook’s home on edge with worries about him contracting the coronavirus and passing it on to his father-in-law, a cancer survivor with diabetes in his mid-70s who is at higher risk of developing serious …

Jury Trials OK’d for Medical Lawsuits over BP spill Clean Up

A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled oil spill cleanup workers who sue BP for medical problems that surface later in life have the right to make their case before a jury. The BP oil spill medical settlement reached in …