Go To Court To Win $1,300 For Gasoline (or Anything You Need)

June 17, 2008 - PRLog -- Go to court - http://www.go-to-court.com - to serve as a "web juror" in the case of . Airman “J. Mason,” on trial for stealing a Starlight Scope from a U.S. airbase. Your verdict instantly qualifies you to win cash awards - first prize, $1,000, six second $50 prizes - in a  Sweepstakes based on cases in a new book, "Trial Lawyer" by attorney Robert E. Long. This sweepstakes is open to all residents of the U.S. and Canada who are 18 years of age or older. The trial is beginning right now at the website.

In court at the defense table, Airman "J. Mason" sits next to his attorney Robert Long.. Mason is staring straight ahead, wearing a freshly-pressed uniform, spit-shined black shoes and a jacket covered with battle ribbons and medals. Two former friends of Mason’s are ready to testify that he had hidden a “scope” in a closet in their trailer. The Starlight Scope for many years was a sensitive military secret that can magnify the faint light of stars and turn a battlefield night into day.

This story really happened. All the names, places and other identifying details in “Trial Lawyer” cases have been fictionalized to protect everyone’s privacy.  As a juror, you will  read the trial transcript of the Stolen Starlight Scope trial.. It reads like a script from TV’s  Law & Order or a John Grisham legal thriller. Click for the verdict form whenever you have made up your mind – and you’re in the sweepstakes.  

In addition to the possibility of winning one of the $1,300 cash awards, you will instantly receive another bonus: a 15% discounted price ($14.30) on your own copy of “Trial Lawyer,” the book that is both entertaining and a look at how law really works. The cases are alternately sad, funny, heartbreaking or inspiring.

    A woman is deterred from getting a divorce by being asked  by  Mr. Long to write a letter about her reasons to her six year old daughter. A gun has been found by police in the home of a convicted felon. If he can’t prove his innocence, he must go back to jail, leaving his wife and three children destitute. A waitress accidentally spills a cup of boiling coffee on the lap of a customer, possibly impairing his sexual functions. What damages could he claim in court.? A naïve young couple leaves a young baby at home while they go to a movie. Neighbors call the police about a crying child and the couple must defend themselves in court against a charge of child abandonment. A man is being sued for chiild support when a baby is born to a woman he has not seen in over a year. But early DNA tests say he is that father. Can DNA ever be wrong? Every viewer coming to http://www.go-to-court.com will have the option of receiving these stories once a month by email along with additional chances to enter the Trial Lawer Sweepstakes.

“Trial Lawyer” has been endorsed by many well-known people. George Allen, former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator wrote, “If you are interested in how the law really works and the unpredictable surprises in courtrooms and law offices, Trial Lawyer  belongs on your reading list.”  Tmothy J. Sullivan, former President of the College of William and Mary and past Dean of the Marshall Wythe School of Law, wrote: “Robert E. Long’s stories are vivid and peopled with truly memorable characters. His book both teaches and entertains. It is well worth reading.” One reader called Trial Lawyer “a law school in a book.”

If you’d like to win cash prizes and learn more about your legal rights, in a very entertaining way, go to court. http://www.go-to-court.com

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