Module Seven Lesson Two
Mastery Assignment
What is the process of a civil case?
Example of a case
Joshes neighbor Franklin sold him a new play stations and promised him that it worked and nothing was wrong with it. When Josh took it home and plugged it in it did not work and he tried to get up with Franklin and Josh told him what was wrong and Franklin said that he did not care and that Josh was not going to get his money back for what he bought.
First
Josh will file a complaint about the situation.
In this case Josh would be the plaintiff and Franklin would be the defendant.
Second
Then Josh has to say he wants to take Franklin to court by filling a plea.
Third
They send Franklin a summon to court. They would also have a pretrial to get things situated between the attorneys.
Fourth
The trial begins... They go through evidence and hear both sides of the story then they decide on a verdict. In this particular case Franklin had to give Josh back his money
Fifth
Josh could propose a arbitration or a mediation which is like an alternative way to solve things.
Sixth
In the long run of it all Josh's preponderance was that he won and got his money back so he was happy.