More U.S. Courts Plan Virtual Jury Trials to Move Civil Cases

At least four more federal courts are using virtual jury trials to help move their civil dockets along during the pandemic, which has caused courts across the country to modify their operations.

The districts of Minnesota and the Middle District of Florida, which includes Jacksonville and Tampa, have already had their first virtual jury trial. The federal trial courts in Rhode Island and Kansas are planning theirs.

“When we realized that once we are able to conduct trials again, we’re going to have to prioritize criminal trials and we weren’t likely this year to get to in-person civil jury trials, ...