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You have touched on this in the past, but a post on the effect that plaintiff demographics have on the size of jury awards. In particular, a review of studies on how the plaintiffs’ gender/marital status/race/class/etc. can affect the valuations of loss of life, pain and suffering and other personal tragedies.

Some coverage, please, of the various cretinous and perverse rules which prevent, say, defendants in an SUV rollover suit from pointing out in court that at the time of the accident the plaintiff was speeding on an icy road, drunk, not wearing a seat belt, rolling a joint with one hand and dialing a cell phone with the other, and driving on tires so old the metal was visible. What legal theories prevent the truth behind these cases from being presented to the court?

Perhaps some discussion on the issue of perjury . . . and why it is NOT prosecuted when we “ordinary folks” bring the charge?

It appears to be just a tool of whatever political party is not in power.