Jeffrey is serving on a six-person jury for a personal-injury lawsuit. All six jurors want to award
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a. Jeffrey thinks the plaintiff should receive $20,000, but he thinks the mean of the other five jurors’ recommendations will be about $12,000. He decides to suggest an inflated amount so that the mean for all six jurors is $20,000. What amount would Jeffrey have to suggest?
b. How might this jury revise its procedure to prevent a juror like Jeffrey from having an undue influence on the amount of damages to be awarded to the plaintiff?
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