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Originally Posted by bolo121
No way exists. Cases typically last for about 10 to 20 years.
Also they have a stark choice in front of them, either take the money and shut up or have bad things happen to them or their families.
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How do you decide a verdict on a case that you have been hearing evidence on for 10 years?
Thats outrageous.
The question has to be asked. Why? What case takes 10-20 years of trial?
The longest trial in US history was a little over 3 years.
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Kemner v. Monsanto The longest civil jury trial in U.S. history, this case ran from February 1984 through October 1987. The case involved a group of plaintiffs who claimed to have been poisoned by dioxin in a 1979 chemical spill that occurred in Sturgeon, Missouri. The trial – expected to last nine to 12 months – spanned more than 600 days in court and included 200 witnesses, 90,000 pages of trial transcripts, 6,000 exhibits and 9,000 evidentiary rulings. The already complex case was further complicated by a ruling that allowed 65 plaintiffs – with a wide range of claims ranging from infected mosquito bites to headaches, high blood pressure, kidney failure and leukemia.
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