A physician is caring for an indigent 37-year-old male patient with no health insurance, who is admitted to the hospital with acute pancreatitis related to alcohol abuse.
A Guide to the Seventh Amendment. The Seventh Amendment, or Amendment VII of the United States Constitution is the section of the Bill of Rights that guarantees a jury trial for civil cases in the federal courts.However, this type of case is usually not heard anymore in the federal court system. The Seventh Amendment was put into the Bill of Rights by James Madison. â¢ The $20 dollar clause of the Seventh Amendment is one of the very few portions of the Bill of Rights that were not incorporated by the Supreme Court.
Lesson Summary. The 7th Amendment states: 'In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.'. The 7th Amendment, believe it or not, does not apply in state courts. 2  Some states, however, have adopted the right to a jury in civil cases. 3  The lawsuit must be more than $20. 4  Interestingly, $20 was a decent amount of money when the Framers wrote the Constitution.