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Litigation and Trial Practice

Janis L. Walter, Roderick D. Blanchard

Chapter 18

PREPARATION FOR TRIAL - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

Why is it important to develop the details when preparing for trial?

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Problem 2

What must you do if you have two witnesses, each with a somewhat different version of a fact?

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Problem 3

What is the first thing you should do in response to a trial alert?

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Problem 4

What are the principal differences in how a party testifies in a discovery deposition and at trial?

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Problem 5

How does trial strategy differ from a party's legal theory of the case?

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Problem 6

Why might a party subpoena an opponent to come to the trial?

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Problem 7

What kinds of matters may be covered at a pretrial conference?

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Problem 8

Why does Rule 16 require the lawyer to have authority to make admissions and stipulations on behalf of the client at pretrial conferences?

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Problem 9

May a party's liability insurer send a representative to attend the pretrial conference?

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Problem 10

What are the hallmarks of a good witness at trial?

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Problem 11

When is a claim or defense considered frivolous?

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Problem 12

For whom does a paralegal or lawyer prepare a case analysis?

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Problem 13

What is the principal purpose for preparing a case analysis?

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Problem 14

Do the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require the parties to prepare a preliminary case analysis as part of their discovery plan?

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Problem 15

At what point in the development of a case is a case analysis most valuable to the preparer?

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Problem 15

At what point in the development of a case is a case analysis most valuable to the preparer?

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Problem 16

May a case analysis that is prepared for one case be used in another case?

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Problem 17

To what extent does a case analysis contain citations of legal authority?

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Problem 18

Would a lawyer commit malpractice if he or she did not compile a case analysis when preparing for a trial?

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Problem 19

Does a case analysis have to encompass the entire case in order to be useful?

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Problem 20

What action must a lawyer and paralegal take, if during the preparation of a case analysis, they discover that their client's answer to the opponent's interrogatory is incomplete because it fails to disclose information that they have and that was requested in the interrogatory?

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