Janice Adams VS. LAUSD Revisited...
We recently received a comment regarding an earlier post on perdaily and my own rather continuing tenuous situation at LAUSD:
"Gloria Allread's firm took a hit in the Janice Adams vs. LAUSD case where it went to trial, the jury came back unanimously in her favor, they polled the jury on each count, they were unanimous in her favor, and then the judge did non obstante verdicto- he vacated the jury verdict which forced the case up on appeal. By that time Allread's firm was out of it and had out of pocket losses on the case of $70,000." --Leonard Isenberg
In response Michael wrote:
I believe that the amount of corruption in the courts is unbelievable in this country. I think that there are a lot of back-room deals that get made, which make it virtually impossible to get a fair shake if you are a small person going up against a big corporation, or in particular a government agency.
Small fish vs. small fish, you are probably OK. Small fish vs. big govt or big business and you are screwed from the beginning.
Take the case I mentioned (I believe in Texas.) A guy was tried and convicted of murder and sentenced to death. It was discovered after the fact that the judge on the case and the prosecutor were having a sexual affair during the trial. The accused appealed to have the trial overturned and a new trial ordered owing to what was