As we celebrate our Independence Day this 4th of July, remember your freedoms and liberties that so many have died to defend. One of those rights is the right to a trial by a jury of peers.
In Missouri, the Supreme Court has held that “[t]he right to unbiased and unprejudiced jurors is an inseparable and inalienable part of the right to a trial by jury guaranteed by the Constitution." Kendall v. Prudential Ins. Co., 327 S.W.2d 174, 177 (Mo. banc 1959).
Yet, this fundamental right — the single fundamental liberty that evens the playing field between regular people like you and me against the world’s largest corporations — has been constantly under attack.
New York lawyer, Eric Turkewitz has written on this subject for three straight years. I encourage you to read his posts:
United States of America Declares Its Independence (Jury Trials Are One Reason)
July 2nd: A Day to Declare Independence (And Celebrate Juries)
Some Additional 4th of July writings:
The True Meaning of the 4th of July and Famous Celebratory Quotes by KC Kelly Ph.D. at Huliq.
Fireworks Safety Tips from The National Council on Fireworks Safety.
Fireworks safety should be on everyone’s mind by Meredith Cohn at the Baltimore Sun.
Happy Independence Day! Celebrate your freedoms, thank and honor those who defend them, and be safe.
Brett Emison is currently a partner at Langdon & Emison, a firm dedicated to helping injured victims across the country from their primary office near Kansas City. Mainly focusing on catastrophic injury and death cases as well as complex mass tort and dangerous drug cases, Mr. Emison often deals with automotive defects, automobile crashes, railroad crossing accidents (train accidents), trucking accidents, dangerous and defective drugs, defective medical devices.
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