HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2423 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2148
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Garrett J. Bradley
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to assist in the administration of justice.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Garrett J. Bradley | 3rd Plymouth | 1/20/2011 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2423 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2148
By Mr. Bradley of Hingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2148) of Garrett J. Bradley relative to jurors and post civil trial meetings. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act to assist in the administration of justice.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Before any examination of prospective jurors begin, the prospective jurors will be told in all civil cases, unless a party is appearing pro se, that at the conclusion of the trial, they will meet with judge and the attorneys for the litigants, for ten minutes. A judge in his or her discretion for good cause may, after a verdict is rendered, disallow a meeting between the jurors and the attorneys for the litigants and may excuse a juror or jurors from such a meeting, and a judge may control the conduct of the meeting.