http://overlawyered.com/2007/03/taxpayers-still-responsible-for-terrorist-attack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taxpayers-still-responsible-for-terrorist-attack Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 05:00:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://overlawyered.com/2007/03/taxpayers-still-responsible-for-terrorist-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-13688 Richard Nieporent Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:59:56 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/index.php/2007/03/taxpayers-still-responsible-for-terrorist-attack/#comment-13688 What I would like to know is how does the jury come up with the percentage of responsibility? Is there some magic formula that the judge gives to the jury to do the calculation? And even if they were given guidelines, how in the world did they come up with 68%. Do they do it as in the commercial for a credit bureau, “I am thinking of a number between 60 and 75”. Actually I know how them come up with the number. They pull it out of their … er … thin air. What I would like to know is how does the jury come up with the percentage of responsibility? Is there some magic formula that the judge gives to the jury to do the calculation? And even if they were given guidelines, how in the world did they come up with 68%. Do they do it as in the commercial for a credit bureau, “I am thinking of a number between 60 and 75”. Actually I know how them come up with the number. They pull it out of their … er … thin air.

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