Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban was recently summoned to the Dallas County Courthouse for jury duty, and was happy to perform his civic duty. Cuban was selected to sit on a 12-person jury involving a civil lawsuit stemming from a recent car accident. “It was pretty darn obvious, at least I thought, that one party was trying to basically get a payment from the other,” Cuban said.
Answering the call to serve on a jury is a bedrock civic duty that no citizen should shirk. Earlier this year, Texans Against Lawsuit Abuse issued a detailed study outlining the low response rates among citizens when called for jury duty. In response, Texas Governor Rick Perry declared July “Jury Service Awareness Month.” To read the full story about Mark Cuban, click here.
