LEB 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Affirmative Defense, New Trial
9 Feb 2018
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Trail de novo: new trial in county court rather than an appeal. Accord in satisfaction: accept payment in lieu of other payment in plea. Olda(cid:374)o"s fa(cid:373)ily sues o(cid:449)(cid:374)er of (cid:374)eigh(cid:271)ori(cid:374)g (cid:271)ar for (cid:374)ot allo(cid:449)i(cid:374)g a good a(cid:373)arita(cid:374) to use his: out(cid:272)o(cid:373)e: people ha(cid:448)e (cid:374)o o(cid:271)ligatio(cid:374) to help a(cid:374)yo(cid:374)e you are(cid:374)"t respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le for. Did(cid:374)"t phone to call the cops. go to trial: appeal: re(cid:448)ersed de(cid:272)isio(cid:374) of lo(cid:449)er (cid:272)ourts. (cid:862)if, a(cid:374)d o(cid:374)ly if, the fa(cid:272)ts are true, o"da(cid:374)iels did ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374) o(cid:271)ligatio(cid:374) to help. (cid:863) ulti(cid:373)ately sent back to trial court. Motion to dismiss: no legal reaso(cid:374) to go to trial (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) p"s argu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. filed (cid:271)y defe(cid:374)da(cid:374)t: made before discovery, p misstated claim, state does not recog(cid:374)ize p"s (cid:272)lai(cid:373) Pleading requirements: state claim recognized under law, claim must allege all of the specific elements of the claim that law prescribes, clai(cid:373) (cid:373)ust state suffi(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t fa(cid:272)ts to illustrate (cid:449)hat p"s (cid:272)lai(cid:373) is a(cid:272)tually a(cid:271)out.
