{"id":13389,"date":"2020-05-19T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2560046"},"modified":"2020-05-19T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T20:25:00","slug":"a-court-in-texas-is-holding-the-first-jury-trial-by-zoom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/19\/a-court-in-texas-is-holding-the-first-jury-trial-by-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"A court in Texas is holding the first jury trial by Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jurors will deliver a non-binding verdict in the insurance dispute<\/p>\n

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A court in Texas is holding the first jury trial on Zoom. The news comes as court systems across the country face a choice between postponing trials until the pandemic ends or holding remote proceedings.<\/p>\n

The case in Texas is an insurance dispute in the Collin County District, as reported by Reuters<\/em><\/a>. Judge Emily Miskel live-streamed the jury selection process via her YouTube channel on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Next, jurors will hear an abbreviated version of the dispute — a lawsuit against State Farm for not covering property damages that occurred during a 2017 storm — and deliver a non-binding verdict. “Officials say the abbreviated format and non-binding verdict make it ideal to test the viability of holding jury trials remotely,” writes Reuters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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