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To begin a lawsuit, a plaintiff must:  

William was riding his bicycle on a paved bike path and had an accident with another cyclist. William’s $1000 bicycle was destroyed in the accident.  He sues.  If the jury determined that William was 60 percent at fault and the other cyclist was 40 percent at fault under which doctrines would William be entitled to recover $400 from the other cyclist?  

Which of the following is true about forum selection clauses?

Written questions served on the other party to a lawsuit are a discovery device known as:

Peremptory challenges:  

Absent an agreement on the issue, generally when can the winning party in a civil case recover its attorney’s fees from the losing party?

ValuJet, Inc. is an airline based in Florida. The airline flies from Florida locations to Atlanta to permit passengers to make connections to other airlines at that major hub. A ValuJet plane crashed just outside of Orlando, Florida, killing all 110 occupants aboard the flight.  Among the 110 occupants was a family of 4 from Nevada, returning home from a Florida vacation. Assume that ValuJet does not provide service in Nevada.  If the family’s survivors wish to file suit against ValuJet, where would a court have personal jurisdiction over ValuJet?

Sam is charged with a crime and has also had a civil suit filed against him by the victim.  Considering the different burdens of proof in criminal and civil cases, which of the following could not be a consistent outcome?

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Paul and Dan are involved in a traffic accident at an intersection where there is a traffic circle, but no posted signs or traffic lights.  Based on their pleadings, they are in agreement as to everything that happened in the accident, including the locations of the two cars and the timing of events leading to the accident.  The only dispute they have is the interpretation of the state law affecting who had the right of way when they collided.  There has been no discovery yet.  The appropriate motion for one of the parties to file is: