Ice Breaker – Jury Duty
Each week on The Stretched Blog, I ask an ice breaker question. The questions are designed to help us get to know each other here in The Stretched Community. I’ll provide my answer to the question here in the post, and then you can leave your response in the comments. While you’re in the comments section, see how others answered the ice breaker question.
Today, I will be fulfilling my civic responsibility by reporting to the Montgomery County Courthouse for Jury Duty. This will be the second time I’ve been called for Jury Duty. The first time was a few years ago, and I actually was selected to sit on a jury for a couple of days. This certainly wasn’t my plan, but it was an educational experience to say the least. With this in mind, I present today’s Stretched Ice Breaker Question.
Question: Have you ever been called for jury duty? Were you ever selected to be on a jury? When you were on a jury, what kind of case was it?
My Answer: As I mentioned above, I was selected for a jury a few years ago for a slip and fall accident. As I remember the details of the situation, a young woman was suing a local hotel for injuries she sustained when she slipped and fell down the stairs in the hotel on the way down to a banquet hall. She blamed the poor lighting and carpet pattern for failure to see the steps correctly. Her lawyer brought in a couple of “expert” witnesses to discuss light levels and carpet patterns. We listened to testimony for two days. During the trial, we learned that the young woman had been drinking with her friends prior to the accident. Needless to say, we ruled on behalf of the hotel.
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