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The Jury Duty letter - 10/19/2009 5:00:05 PM   
housesub4you


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Status: offline 		Crap I just got called for jury duty, the only question I have is how come they get away with 12 bucks a day pay, how come they don't have to pay MW????
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RE: The Jury Duty letter - 10/19/2009 5:23:13 PM   
Moloch


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Status: offline 		Because it is your civic duty?
Yeah paying a bit more would be very nice. I think it goes by state and county unless its a federal case?
You got the letter from your county court?
Never mind my google-fu showed that federal jury get boned too http://www.uscourts.gov/jury/jurypay.html

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RE: The Jury Duty letter - 10/19/2009 5:25:08 PM   
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RE: The Jury Duty letter - 10/19/2009 5:50:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Check with your employer.  Many will pay the difference between your regular pay and jury duty bupkiss.

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RE: The Jury Duty letter - 10/19/2009 5:57:17 PM   
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RE: The Jury Duty letter - 10/19/2009 6:12:27 PM   
littlewonder


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Status: offline 		If the letter is only to show up to see if you are chosen for jury duty then don't sweat it. 9 times out of 10 the case is settled before it ever goes to court or you won't be chosen to be a jurist.


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RE: The Jury Duty letter - 10/19/2009 6:43:17 PM   
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RE: The Jury Duty letter - 10/19/2009 7:02:32 PM   
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ORIGINAL: housesub4you

Crap I just got called for jury duty, the only question I have is how come they get away with 12 bucks a day pay, how come they don't have to pay MW????


because in most cases you turn it over to your employer and he pays you your regular wages

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RE: The Jury Duty letter - 10/20/2009 7:38:58 AM   
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RE: The Jury Duty letter - 10/20/2009 12:40:43 PM   
subfever


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Status: offline 		Yeah, I just received one too. It pays even less than it costs to park downtown Chicago, not to mention that it's a 1.5 hour trip in rush hour.

So I called, to see if they can transfer my service to a local court, only 12-13 minutes away from me (with a huge, free parking lot to boot).

I was told "We don't do that."

Of course not. It would make perfect economic sense to lessen travel time and fuel expenditures of the common man.

Typical governmental mindset... waste.






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RE: The Jury Duty letter - 10/20/2009 2:05:49 PM   
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