The Beagle Blog

Voir dire is the process lawyers and the judge use to determine whether prospective jurors can fairly decide a personal injury case. The goal is not supposed to be finding eight people who already agree with the plaintiff or eight people predisposed toward the defense. Lawyers are trying to identify experiences, beliefs, and biases that could prevent a juror from evaluating the evidence under the court’s instructions. In a serious injury trial, that can mean asking directly a