injury lawsuit. All six jurors want to award damages to the plaintiff, but canno

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injury lawsuit. All six jurors want to award damages to the plaintiff, but cannot agree on the amount of the award. The jurors have decided that each of them will suggest an amount that he or she thinks should be awarded; then they will use the mean of these six numbers as the award recommended to the plaintiff. 7. Jonathan is serving on a six-person jury for a personal- a. Jonathan thinks the plaintiff should receive $20,000, but he thinks the mean of the other five jurors' recommendations will so that the mean for all six jurors is $20,000. What amount would Jonathan have to suggest? be about $12,000. He decides to suggest an inflated amount The caler we cover t is your res b. How might this jury revise its procedure to prevent a juror like Jonathan from having an undue influence on the amount of damages to be awarded to the plaintif?? Online Classr n-ca

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a). There are 6 persons.

Now as per Jonathan ,the average of five jurors amount is $12000 per juror.

Thus for the five jurors the total will be ($12000*5) =$60000 .

Let Jonathan has $ X in his mind then

The average of all 6 juror should come to $20000

.Now, Total sum is $(60000+X)

Total people are 6.

Also ,the average amount for the 6 jurors is $20000

Thus average amount from 6 juror =Total sum/total jurors

Mathematically ,

(60000+X)/6=20000

solving for X ,

X =$60000

Thus Jonathan should suggest $60000 to other jurors.

b). The jury can fix the problem of over estimation by any Juror by taking the following steps.

a). Defining and establishing the upper and lower cap on the estimation made by a Juror.

b). To negate speculations by any juror, information should be made privy before the final meeting of the jury.

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