LEGL 020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Table Tennis, Proximate And Ultimate Causation

• School: Hofstra University
• Department: Legal Studies in Business (LEGL)
• Course: LEGL 020
• Professor: Eugene Maccarrone

Document Summary

Opening statement for plaintiff finder of fact, what they are going to argue and why they should win, persuasive statement for the finder of fact to find it a fact. No evidence presented, but sentences like (cid:862)the e(cid:448)idence (cid:449)ill sho(cid:449),(cid:863) and thro(cid:449) the word truth around. Prima facie case more intensive presentation of your argument and the main distinction from opening statement is the introduction of all evidence, bring witness. Rehabilitation fix it, disagree with disagreement and presents evidence: defendant. Opening statement for defendant denies the alleged facts or contradicts the reason, how, or whom the plaintiff is suing. Rebuttal: need evidence that counters the evidence supplied and characterizes differently. Rerebuttal: elements of negligence (most common tort, which are the most common legal problem) Duty of ordinary care defendant broke this. Breach/break of the duty defendant broke this.