CRM/LAW C101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Medical Record, Interrogatories, Counterclaim
2 Nov 2016
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How do you go about building a case, proving a case, and defending your case. Understand the basic elements of civil procedure. The discovery process: depositions, interrogatories, production of documents, requests for admission, medical exams. Frcp (federal rules of civil procedure) and rules of evidence. Shadow of the law: negotiation, posturing, and settlement. How does the concept claiming come alive in the real world in a court house. Everything in civil law begins with a complaint. The law is passive; waits for individual their rights. Plaintiff files a complaint to inform the defendant why s/he is being sued, by whom, and in what jurisdiction. Summarizes the facts and asserts basis for recovery. Answer to the complaint: admissions, denials. Almost always sets forth a number of denials: general denial. Federal rules give the defendant 20 days of receiving a complaint. State rules vary on the amount of time a defendant has to complain from between 10-60 days.
