{"id":6304,"date":"2016-10-13T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6304"},"modified":"2016-10-12T13:01:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T13:01:34","slug":"illinois-supreme-court-finds-6-person-jury-law-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-supreme-court-finds-6-person-jury-law-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Supreme Court Finds 6-Person Jury Law Unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Illinois Supreme Court has handed down a decision that affirmed a December 2015 ruling by Cook County Associate Judge William E. Gomolinski.<\/a> The original lawsuit was a medical-malpractice case filed no more than a month after the law, which permitted a unilateral decision by a party to empanel 6-person juries.<\/p>\n

The law was approved in the days just after Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner<\/a> defeated Democratic Gov. Patrick J. Quinn<\/a> in 2014 and was seen by many as a gift from Democrats to their allies in the plaintiffs\u2019 bar. The argument for the law was that jurors were not paid appropriately for missing work or taking time away from family and school. The law also had increased the rate the jurors were paid across the state from a high of $17.20 per day in Cook County to $25 on the first day of service and $50 each day thereafter.<\/p>\n

It was also argued that federal courts and other states use 6-member juries without issue. But Section 1, Article 13 of the State Constitution says, \u201c[T]he right to trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed shall remain inviolate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Illinois Supreme Court has handed down a decision that affirmed a December 2015 ruling by Cook County Associate Judge William E. Gomolinski. The original lawsuit was a medical-malpractice case filed no more than a month after the law, which permitted a unilateral decision by a party to empanel 6-person juries. 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