Civil Rights,
Judges and Judiciary,
Law Practice
Oct. 29, 2016
Saving the civil jury trial
In California, we have the longest civil jury trials in the country -- averaging 8.9 days, while the national average is 3.6 days.
Mark P. Robinson Jr.
Robinson Calcagnie Inc.
19 Corporate Plaza Dr
Newport Beach , CA 92660
Phone: (949) 720-1288
Fax: (949) 720-1292
Email: mrobinson@rcrsd.com
Bruce A. Broillet
Senior and Founding Partner
Greene, Broillet & Wheeler LLP
100 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica , CA 90401
Phone: (310) 576-1200
Fax: (310) 576-1220
Email: BBroillet@gbw.law
Univ of Texas SOL; Austin TX
The statistics from the National Center for State Courts as well as the California Judicial Council show that there has been a drop in the number of civil jury trials.
When the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure went into effect in 1938, almost 20 percent of federal cases went to trial. In 1962, the percentage of federal civil cases resolved by jury trial was 5.5 percent. By 1982 that number had fallen to 2.6 percent, and by 2002 it was 1.2 percent. Civil jury trial rates have now bee...
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