Exam 3: Trials and Resolving Disputes

Following service of the plaintiff's complaint, defendant would not file which of the following:

Attorneys generally have the right to challenge the suitability of certain persons to sit on a jury.

SBD Kitchens and a client, Jefferson, got into a dispute about work done for the Jeffersons, who sued. The contract contained an arbitration clause, so the court ordered the parties to go to arbitration. The arbitrator found that SBD breached its contract. He also found that the Jeffersons defamed SBD by spreading negative information about the company. The Jeffersons were ordered to pay damages of almost $200,000. They appealed to the court of appeals. It held that:​

Nominal damages are damages that are awarded for:

Before the case goes to the jury, the attorneys of both parties present:

Which of the following is not a category of monetary damages?

The decision of an arbitrator in the arbitration process is called:

Failure of a business to maintain its company records in such a way that they may be accessed during a lawsuit may result in:

According to the Supreme Court, a case may be ended by summary judgment if:

Even if both parties admit the truthfulness of a fact related to a dispute, the fact still must still be proved by evidence in court.

According to the Federal Arbitration Act, if the results of arbitration are "contrary to law," the courts may intervene in the matter and hear the dispute.

At the beginning of the trial both lawyers make ____, which tell the jury what the crucial facts are and how they will prove those facts to support their position.

A court order to an official, such as the sheriff, to seize the property of the defendant to satisfy a judgment is known as a:

The most widely recognized form of alternative dispute resolution process is:

As a general rule, judges who are scheduled to have a case tried before them:

Which is true about an arbitration decision:

Before the case goes to the jury, each attorney presents ____ in which he or she summarizes the evidence for the jury in a manner most favorable to their case.

In mediation a neutral third party imposes a settlement on two other parties.

The discovery state in the trial process is intended for the:

During voir dire for a trial against MaryElise the opposing party's attorney finds that Jenny, one of the potential jurors, went to high school with MaryElise. The attorney challenges Jenny. Jenny will be rejected from the jury if the attorney can: