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Old December 5th 07, 02:53 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Cessna sued for skydiving accident. OT rant...

Ross wrote:

It is not a jury of our peers. It is a selected jury. And, the side
that does the best selection will probably win the case. Sometimes I
think we should have professional juries; ones trained and have some
smarts.


And you can have it right now in some types of cases and some jurisdictions.
The "professional jury" is a judge. Of course both sides have to go along
with it and the other side probably won't want to for the same reasons you
want to.