live on the measly $5/day I get for serving so I am forced to use vacation or sick days to serve. I was once summoned for jury duty. The case involved a liability lawsuit against a company. One woman who was there obviously acted as secretary -- telephone answerer for her husband's business, and since she was not home there was no one to answer calls. It was obvious to everyone that she did not want to be there (due to several responses she had given) but the judge wasn't impressed that she and her husband might be losing income. However, they then got around to asking if any of the jurors might be prejudiced, she raised her hand and said something like this: "Well, my husband has been sued and I personally think most lawsuits against businesses are just people trying to use the system to get rich. So I'd have a very hard time deciding against a company!" To which the judge replied, "Well, I understand that you may have had incidents that affected you personally, but since this case has noting to do with you or your husband's business, couldn't you try to put all that aside and decide the case on its merits?" And she said, "Oh, no, your honor. I felt like the people that sued my husband were just trying to take advantage of us, and there's NO WAY I could find against the company in a lawsuit like this." She was summarily and