The authority by which courts and judicial officers may hear and decide a case.
What is Jurisdiction?
100
Out of court statements that are offered the truth of the matter asserted.
What is Hearsay?
100
The thing stands for itself.
What is Res Ipsa Loquitur
100
The principles or fundamental standards of "right" conduct.
What are Morals?
200
The reliance on precedent, to let the decision stand.
What is Stare Decisis?
200
Complaint, Discovery, Pretrial Conference,Trial,Appeal, Satisfying the judgment.
What are the steps in a Civil Lawsuit?
200
The legal right to keep certain information confidential and protect it from subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence at trial.
What is Privilege?
200
Torts committed by a person who lack the intent to do something wrong. Examples include negligence and medical malpractice.
What is a Non-Intentional Tort?
200
The formal study of moral choices that conforms to standards of conduct.
What is Ethics?
300
Final decision on the merits, the parties to the lawsuit are forever barred from bringing a subsequent action raising the same claim or demand.
What is Res Judicata?
300
Data about data.
What is Metadata?
300
Command issue by a court or other authorized official to appear and /or present certain documents and other things.
What is a Subpoena?
300
Period of time in which a plaintiff can bring suit.
What is Statute of Limitations?
300
The obligation to be fair to all people.
What is Justice?
400
System of principles and processes devised by organized society to deal with disputes and problems without resorting to the use of force
What is Law?
400
Devices and tools used by one side to obtain facts and information about the case from the other side in order to prepare to trial.
What is Discovery?
400
Assault, Batter, Defamation, Libel, Slander, Invasion of Privacy among others.
What is an Intentional Tort?
400
Duty of Care + Breach of Duty of Care + Causation + Damages =
What is Negligence?
400
Right to be left alone or the right to control personal information.
What is Privacy?
500
Includes Contract and Tort Law.
What is Private Law?
500
The wrongful destruction or material alteration of evidence or the failure to preserve property or data for another's use as evidence in pending or reasonable foreseeable litigation.
What is Spoliation?
500
Actions of a party who possesses data to make efforts to prevent routine destruction and preserve Electronic Stored Information (ESI) that may be discoverable even before a lawsuit is filed.
What is a Litigation Hold?
500
Theory that makes a hospital is responsible for the acts of its employees also known as respondeat superior.
What is Vicarious Liability?
500
The obligation of the health care provider to maintain the privacy of patient information.