Fitch has made it very clear that he has never lost a case. Since movies usually favor the underdog, I think that Rohr is going to win the case. However, I don't think that Rhor will "buy" the jury. I think that he is going to win the case fair and square. Fitch seems like he would do anything and everything to win a case. I think that he will "buy" the jury for the asking price, but Rohr is still going to come out on top.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Easter Influences the Jury in Fitch's Favor, but Rohr Still Wins
In class last Tuesday we watched the film Runaway Jury. After a broker is shot and killed at work, his widow hired attorney Wendell Rohr to sue the gun company that provided the murder weapon. The gun company that sold the weapon to the murderer, frightened that a successful suit could lead to the destruction of their business, hired jury consultant Rankin Fitch to guarantee them a favorable jury. What Fitch has not predicted, however, is that juror Nicholas Easter and girlfriend, Marlee, are manipulating the jury from the inside and offering a guaranteed win to the highest bidder.
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I agree with you, the underdogs usually win in movies like this.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this too. In most movies the underdog and the protagonist wins. This character is depicted by Dustin Hoffman who refuses to do any illegal acts in winning the case. Fitch is depicted as the antagonist who is backed by the huge gun corporations that had never lost a case made against them. Typically in movies, guys like Fitch will lose.
ReplyDeletemake me number 3! i agree as well. i figured that the bad guy (fitch) will lose and have the good guy(Rohr) with good intentions to win the case!
ReplyDeleteI agree, the underdog (the prosecuting side) in most cases do usually come out with the happy ending.
ReplyDeleteWell the nice guy always wins in the movies which made it a big giveaway.. We predicted the same thing though, looked like we were right!
ReplyDeletei thought the same bout the rhor wasn't going to by the case that he was going to by the facts and hope by him describing the facts that the jury will give them him piety to go against the gun company
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