Swing Dancing (Part 1)
Morgan Jacob reports to this person.
Who is Aggie Stackhouse?
Emerson Brock is the Chief Safety Officer of this direct competitor of MG&E.
What is MidStar Energy Co.?
In Finley Gray’s texts (exhibits 10a and 10b) on the morning of the crash, this is how far away he says he is from the damaged pole.
What is 15 minutes away?
The nickname of the bend in the road where Norris crashed.
What is Deadman’s Curve?
According to Benetti v. Duffy, “Negligence usually consists of actions but can also involve the failure to act when there is some ________ to act.”
What is duty/obligation?
What Eden Yamal was studying in med school before the crash.
What is neurosurgery?
The name of the laboratory that Alsaffar runs.
What is the Plant Flammability Laboratory?
In the email Morgan Jacob sends to Finley Gray (exhibit 8b), this is the reason Finley Gray was suspended in August.
What is filing a report for a pole he did not inspect?
The name of the fire that killed 12 people.
What is the Dip Fire?
Pandya v. Schumock says: “A defendant’s failure to follow its own internal policies and procedures may be used to support a claim for negligence. However, such evidence, although relevant, is not necessarily ________.”
What is dispositive?
This man texted Morgan Jacob twice asking to go out and check on the crash site.
Who is Finley Grey?
This defense expert’s best friend works at MG&E.
Who is Sage Everly?
This is the warning that the Midlands Weather Service put out at 1 am on January 1 (exhibit 12b).
What is a Rain and Severe High Wind Warning?/Severe Storm Warning?
The number of the pole that Norris crashed into.
What is Pole #4742?
Normally it would be negligent (and reckless) to drive 20 mph over the speed limit. But there are some circumstances where it would be reasonable, says Hopson v. Dawson. Give the example from the case.
What is carrying a desperately wounded friend to the hospital?
Parker Rose noticed that inspections of the pole dropped to this number after budget cuts.
What is once every four to eight weeks?
Investigator Weber ultimately concludes that the cause of the fire is this.
What is undetermined?
Exhibit 14 is the UROC manual of safety standards. This is what UROC stands for.
What is Utility Reliability and Operations Council?
This is how far the pole was leaning after the crash.
What is 20 degrees?
Lynch v. Miller reads: “The elements of negligence are the following: (i) the existence of a legal duty owed by the defendant to the plaintiff(s); (ii) the defendant’s breach of that duty; (iii) harm suffered by the plaintiff(s); and (iv) ____________________________.”
What is proof that the defendant’s breach was the direct and proximate cause of the harm that the plaintiff suffered?
The offense that Officer Weaver ultimately cited Landon Norris of the night of the accident.
What is driving in a manner not appropriate for the conditions?
Nat Prescott says insulation damage creates a substantial risk of electricity doing this.
What is arcing?
These two exhibits are preadmitted no matter what.
What are exhibits 1b and 3a?
This is when MG&E heard about the fire.
What is at 4:30 am?
Faris vs Steinhauer says: “A defendant who fails to take a given precaution has violated its duty of care in any situation where B < P x L.” We’ll help you out a little. L = the nature/extent of foreseeable damage/ injury if the harm happens. This is what B and P stand for.
What is the burden of taking the precaution (B) and the probability the harm will happen without the precaution (P)?