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The stages a lawsuit goes through are known as this.
What is the legal process?
The number of branches of government
What is 3
The supreme law of the land.
What is the constitution?
The authority by which courts and judicial officers may hear and decide a case.
What is jurisdiction?
This must exist to establish a duty of care.
What is a relationship?
The two parties to a lawsuit (name both).
What are the plaintiff and defendant?
This document establishes the branches of government
What is the US Constitution?
Where common law comes from.
What is the judicial branch (or courts)?
Personal jurisdiction encompasses authority of what?
What is the parties involved?
This kind of tort occurs when the defendant did not mean to do harm.
What is a non-intentional tort?
Interrogatories, depositions, and production of documents, for example.
What are methods of discovery (or discovery tools)?
This branch of government enacts laws.
What is the legislative branch?
HIPAA came from what source of law.
What is the legislative branch (or statute)?
Cases that involve a US constitutional principle fall under this type of jurisdiction.
What is federal question (jurisdiction)?
Res ipsa loquitur meaning.
What is "the thing speaks for itself"?
At this stage, a case may be affirmed, modified, or reversed.
What is the or on appeal?
This branch of government interprets laws.
What is the judicial branch?
These come about as a result of being given the responsibility to carry out a statute.
What are regulations (or administrative decisions)?
Cases where the amount in controversy is over $75,000 or where the parties reside in different states fall under this type of jurisdiction.
What is diversity (jurisdiction)?
The wrongful injuring of another's reputation is known as this intentional tort.
What is defamation?
This method is used when the parties opt to settle their conflict outside of the court system.
What is alternative dispute resolution (or mediation, arbitration, or negotiation & settlement)?
This branch of government enforces and administers laws via administrative agencies.
What is the executive branch?
Stare decisis is relied upon in this source of law.
What are judicial decisions (or common law, judge-made law, case law)?
Cases where a particular question at issue may only be heard in a particular court fall under this type of jurisdiction.
What is subject matter (jurisdiction)?
This type of negligence is measured in terms of percentages.
What is comparative negligence?