Exam 3: Trials and Resolving Disputes

Megan signs a contract saying she will sell Scott a rare Pokemon card for $5000.She later refuses to sell the card.Scott sues Megan and the court orders Megan to sell the card to Scott for $5000.This is an example of the equitable remedy of:

A permanent injunction is normally granted after a trial and remains in force indefinitely.

A defendant must file a responsive pleading to a complaint filed by a plaintiff.The defendant may file which of the following:

Since the physical or mental condition of a party raises many privacy issues,parties requesting an opposing party to submit to an examination:

In contrast to the American system,judges in British court proceedings:

According to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,a party seeking information must use a discovery tool that:

At an arbitration hearing,the procedure followed is very similar to a courtroom trial.

An appellate court can do which of the following:

A court may award compensatory damages.Those are damages that:

In situations when monetary damages are not practical or effective,the court may order a remedy in equity.These include:

Written interrogatories are useful for obtaining information:

Collecting information,outlining key issues and encouraging compromise are all parts of:

If a business is found to have records in such a mess that the other side of in a lawsuit cannot find documents it wants,the court may punish the messy party or even rule against it in the case.

The only kinds of opinions an appellate court may issue are called majority and dissenting opinions.

Equitable remedies may be provided where monetary damages will not provide adequate relief.

Ginger attacks Richard and cuts him with a knife.He sues Ginger.The jury awards Richard $50,000 for medical expenses and lost time at work and adds $100,000 to the award because Ginger was so vicious.The $100,000 is called:

Compensatory damages are said,by the Supreme Court,to be given only for "direct physical injury." That cannot include "mental injury."

A counterclaim is:

In most court systems,the close of the pleadings stage comes once the complaint is filed.

To encourage honesty in mediation,mediators may not be required to testify later in court about the matter they tried to mediate.