These days, it is practically impossible to turn on the television without immediately seeing some show involving scenes in the courtroom. So, how realistic are the television shows compared to real life courtroom situations?
On the other hand, civil litigation tend to quite a bit less dramatic. By their nature, many of these trials involve some sort of business dispute. In such a situation, there can be long periods of boredom in the courtroom because the introduction of evidence can be a pretty dry process. For instance, assume I am suing a insurance company for failing to honor one of my claims. At the trial, my attorney will have to introduce many of the documents that the insurance company maintained regarding my account. As you might imagine, this can account for literally thousands of documents. Since each document has to be authenticated before the court will accept it as evidence, we are talking about a long time been undertaken to introduce this evidence. Your heart can literally come close to shutting down.