As courts are working harder than ever and with more limited resources, more cases are being resolved short of trial or tried by courts without juries. Indeed, we may be entering an era of the vanishing jury trial.1 Los Angeles Superior Court statistics indicate that the number of jury trials in general jurisdiction civil cases (over $25,000) has been shrinking during the past decade.2Last year, jury trials in these cases were down more than 25 percent from 10 years ago. Meanwhile, nonjury trials...
