Legal Question in Administrative Law in California

I have been summoned for jury duty in LA County I had previously prior request to be excused due to care to a elderly disabled parent and was denied. I recently resubmitted a medical excuse due to an accident which I sustained multiple levels of disc herniation and cannot sit or stand for more than 15 minutes at one time and have received the summons being denied once again on the medical excuse please advise if they have the right to go against a physicians excuse and what can I do to fight it before my date.


Asked on 2/04/13, 5:48 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

Are these two excuses being offered in response to the same jury summons, or different ones some time apart? If you have submitted excuse #2 because excuse #1 didn't work, in connection with the same ju8ry-duty summons, I'd say someone at the jury-selection board doesn't buy your excuses. On the other hand, if excuse #2 (disc herniation) was submitted on the treating physician's letterhead and signed by the physician, and if indeed the physician has said that you cannot sit or stand more than 15 minutes, you should seek legal assistance in your county. Alternatively, you can show up for the voir dire and present your excuse letter at that time to the parties' lawyers, and I'm nearly certain they (one or the other of them, plaintiff's lawyer or defendant's) will excuse you. No savvy trial lawyer wants a problem juror.

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Answered on 2/04/13, 6:51 pm


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