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The Ohio Jury Instructions (OJI) are written by a committee of the Ohio Judicial Conference. The Law Library has the OJI in its Westlaw database as well as in print. You can buy Ohio Jury Instructions in print or electronically from LexisNexis.

Reasons for Being Excused from Jury Service Medical reasons. Public necessity. Undue hardship. Dependent care. Student Status. Military conflict. Other reason deemed sufficient by the court.

The Clerk of Court will issue payment by check by U.S. mail a few days after your jury service concludes. Trial jurors receive $12 for the first day of service and $20 for each day thereafter. If you serve more than five days, you will receive $40 per day. Grand jurors receive $20 per day.

Section 40.23 of the Florida Statutes states that ?failure to attend as a juror upon being duly summoned may result in a fine not to exceed $100.? In addition to the fine, you may also face contempt proceedings which could result in the imposition of community service or other sanctions, including jail time.

A person whose spouse or near relative has recently died or is seriously ill. a person whose jury service would cause them or someone in their care extreme physical or financial hardship, or who would be harmed or would harm the public by serving on a jury. a person who is older than 75 years of age.

When a party has the burden of proving any claim [or affirmative defense] by a preponderance of the evidence, it means you must be persuaded by the evidence that the claim [or affirmative defense] is more probably true than not true.