In what circumstances will a jury be struck in a civil case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Thibault v. The Empire Life Insurance Company, 2012 ONSC 1723 (CanLII):
In Moore v. Wienecke,[12] MacPherson J.A. held that the trial judge acted reasonably in deciding that the jury should be struck for the following reasons:
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