HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2423 FILED ON: 1/20/2011 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2148 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Garrett J. Bradley _______________ 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 passage of the accompanying: An Act to assist in the administration of justice. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Garrett J. Bradley | 3rd Plymouth |
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
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. |
