You have spent the past four weeks away from work serving as ajuror in a case deciding whether a pharmaceutical company should beheld liable for the heart attack of a woman who took itspainkiller, Oxxy-1. The lengthy case has taken a toll on yourprofessional career, and you have many unanswered questions as jurydeliberations begin.
- Where does your duty lie in serving on a jury?
- Are you protected against adverse employment action by yourfirm for missing work to serve on a jury.
- How do you reconcile the woman’s prior heart palpitations fromyears ago with her recent heart attack. Was her heart alreadycompromised before she began taking the painkiller Oxxy-1.
- Why didn’t the pharmaceutical company withdraw the painkillerfrom the market at the first sign of a problem.
