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1 The Empowered Paralegal Cause of Action Handbook
2 Carolina Academic Press The Empowered Paralegal Series Robert E. Mongue The Empowered Paralegal: Effective, Efficient and Professional The Empowered Paralegal: Working with the Elder Client The Empowered Paralegal Professionalism Anthology
3 The Empowered Paralegal Cause of Action Handbook Robert E. Mongue Associate Professor Department of Legal Studies The University of Mississippi Carolina Academic Press Durham, North Carolina
4 Copyright 2014 Robert E. Mongue All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mongue, Robert E. The empowered paralegal cause of action handbook / Robert E. Mongue. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN (alk. paper) 1. Causes of actions--united States. 2. Legal assistants--united States-- Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title. KF8863.M ' Carolina Academic Press 700 Kent Street Durham, North Carolina Telephone (919) Fax (919) Printed in the United States of America
5 Dedicated to David D. Gregory Professor of Law University of Maine In the collective memory of his students, Professor Gregory will always be remembered for the Socratic genius that he employed so effectively in class; his keen wit, often accompanied by a knowing smile and twinkle in his eyes; his passion for ferreting out seemingly elusive legal principles; and his compassion and warth for those he instructed. 53 Me. L. Rev. 1 (2001). It was from Professor Gregory that I gained my first real understanding of the role of causes of action.
6 Contents Preface Acknowledgments xiii xv Part One Understanding the Role of Causes of Action Chapter One Introduction 3 The Legal Team 3 Causes of Action, Facts, Evidence, and Proof 6 Causes of Actions and Their Elements 6 Facts 7 Evidence 7 Proof 8 Stages of a Civil Proceeding 12 Stage One: Before Litigation 13 Stage Two: Pre- Trial 15 Stage Three: Trial 16 Our Hypothetical 16 Conclusion 18 Chapter Two Using the Elements of a Cause of Action before Litigation 19 Using Cause of Action Analysis to Prepare for and Conduct a Client Interview 19 Using Cause of Action Analysis to Prepare for and Conduct Pre- Filing Investigation and Legal Research 32 Legal Research Planning 34 Investigation Planning 39 Conclusion 45 vii
7 viii CONTENTS Chapter Three Using the Elements of a Cause of Action in Pre-Trial Litigation 47 Using Cause of Action Analysis in Drafting the Complaint and Other Pleadings 49 The Complaint 49 Responsive Pleadings The Answer 51 Responsive Pleadings Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss 52 Responsive Pleadings Defenses 53 Using Cause of Action Analysis to Prepare for and Conduct Discovery 54 Using Cause of Action Analysis to Prepare for and Conduct Alternative Dispute Resolution 59 Using Cause of Action Analysis in Motions for Summary Judgment 64 Conclusion 67 Chapter Four Using the Elements of a Cause of Action in Preparing for Trial 69 Trial Tactics 69 Searching for Truth in All the Wrong Places 70 Presentation Counts The Best Dog & Pony Show Wins 71 Demonstrative Aids and Exhibits 71 Be Prepared 72 Establish a Theme Tell a Story 73 Litigation Notebooks 74 Trial Notebooks 79 Evidence Trees 80 Exhibit Lists and Pages 87 Witness Lists and Pages 91 Conclusion 93 Part Two Common Causes of Action, Doctrines, Rules and Defenses Chapter Five Contracts 97 Contract Elements Offer Acceptance Intent/Mutual Assent Consideration Legality Capacity 106
8 CONTENTS ix Contract Causes of Action Breach of Contract Breach of Express Contract Warranties Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability Breach of Implied Warranty of Fitness for Particular Use 112 Contractual Remedies Damages Compensatory Damages Punitive Damages Consequential Damages Liquidated Damages Specific Performance Rescission Reformation 126 Equitable Causes of Action as Contract Alternatives Promissory Estoppel Equitable Estoppel Unjust Enrichment Quasi- Contractual Remedies: Quantum meriut and Quantum valebant 133 Defenses Duress Fraud Misrepresentation Undue Influence Unconscionability Mutual Mistake Waiver 143 Chapter Six Negligence 145 Negligence Causes of Action Negligence Gross Negligence Negligence per se Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress 148 Negligence Doctrines and Rules Res ipsa loquitur Public Duty Doctrine Good Samaritan Doctrine Emergency Rule 153
9 x CONTENTS 5. Substantial Factor Rule Foreseeability Test for Proximate Cause 155 Negligence Defenses Contributory Negligence Comparative Negligence Assumption of Risk Waiver (Written Assumption of Risk) Good Samaritan Immunity Sovereign Immunity 164 Chapter Seven Strict Liability and Other Special Liability Actions 167 Strict Liability Animal Owners Liability Wildlife Animal Owners Liability Domestic Animals Abnormally Dangerous Activities Strict Product Liability 171 Other Special Liability Actions Product Liability Negligence Product Liability Breach of Warranty Premises Liability Premises Liability Attractive Nuisance Vicarious Liability Motor Vehicle Vicarious Liability 181 Doctrines and Rules Vicious Propensity Rule Frolic and Detour Rule Coming and Going Rule Dangerous Instrumentality Doctrine 186 Defenses 188 Chapter Eight Intentional Torts 189 Intentional Tort Causes of Action Assault Battery Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Invasion of Privacy Invasion of Privacy Unreasonable Intrusion Invasion of Privacy Appropriation Invasion of Privacy Public Disclosure of Private Facts 200
10 CONTENTS xi 4.4 Invasion of Privacy False Light in the Public Eye Trespass Trespass to Land Trespass to Chattel Toxic Trespass Conversion Defamation Libel/ Slander Slander of Title Commercial Disparagement Nuisance Private Nuisance Public Nuisance False Imprisonment Sexual Harassment Fraud and Misrepresentation Fraud Misrepresentation (Negligent Misrepresentation) Malicious Prosecution/Abuse of Process 229 Doctrines and Rules Transferred Intent Doctrine Actual Malice Rule Defamation per se Coming to Nuisance Doctrine 237 Defenses Consent Self- Defense Defense of Others Defense of Property Privilege 243 Index 245
11 Preface Even as it is just beginning a new case, a good legal team may envision itself weeks, months, or years, in the future at the point where the judge in that case is instructing the jury. The team members envision themselves as confident in the outcome of the case as the judge instructs the jury that they must apply the law to the evidence of facts produced at trial. Since the judge is instructing the jury to apply the law which has provided the team with the framework on which the team has built its case from the beginning through each stage of the legal proceeding, the members of the legal team are confident they have produced evidence of each fact necessary to prove each element of the causes of action now being explained to the jury by the judge. This relatively short scenario has much more substance and requires much more understanding than may first appear. That substance and understanding is the subject of Part One of this book. In Chapter One, some of the key concepts are introduced: 1. The legal team, 2. The difference between facts, evidence, and proof, 3. Causes of action and their elements, 4. The connection between the elements of causes of action, facts, evidence, and proof of those elements, 5. Stages of a civil proceeding. In Chapter One we introduce a hypothetical fact pattern which will be used to demonstrate the utilization of those concepts at each stage of a legal proceeding, starting with preparation for a client interview and ending with the trial, to achieve the vision described above. Each of the following chapters in Part One illustrates that utilization. In Chapter Two we focus on using cause of action analysis to prepare for and conduct a client interview, investigate a client s case, conduct legal research, engage in settlement discussion, and draft the initial pleadings. Chapter Three then examines the role of cause of action analysis in preliminary motion practice, discovery and pre- trial motion practice. Chapter Four demonstrates the use xiii
12 xiv PREFACE of cause of action analysis to develop a trial strategy and a trial notebook designed to implement that strategy. Part Two then delves into a variety of the more common civil litigation causes of action, defenses, and legal doctrines. They are arranged by topic, with a primary emphasis on substantive law areas that commonly entail civil litigation: negligence, strict liability and other special negligence issues, intentional torts, and contracts. Within each topic the various causes of action, defenses, and legal doctrine are treated separately. For most topics, a general definition is given followed by a listing of the elements commonly associated with that cause of action, defense, or doctrine. Finally, a synopsis of a case illustrating the application of the cause of action, defense, or doctrine is provided. A word of caution is due here. The definitions, elements, and explanations contained in this volume are of a general textbook type. It is not unusual for a cause of action, defense, or legal doctrine to be interpreted or applied by individual state courts, or to have been modified by a state statute, in a way that may make significant differences in the utilization of those elements as illustrated in this book. The materials provided here will provide a good quick reference, so that the practitioner can gain a working understanding of a cause of action or quickly refresh their recollection of the general tenets of a legal doctrine. Each practitioner, however, should use this work as a starting, not an ending, point for a thorough understanding of the substantive law in that practitioner s jurisdiction.
13 Acknowledgments A portfolio project is required in each course I teach. When I teach torts that project is a Cause of Action Handbook. Each student must research each tort, doctrine, rule, and defense we cover, and compile a handbook consisting of a defining statement, a list of the elements, and a synopsis of a sample case for each of them. One student, Billie Lord York, did such a fine job it inspired me to write a handbook that included both an explanation of the role of causes of action in civil litigation and a more comprehensive version of the handbook. I recruited Billie to assist. She was soon joined by Tommie Mc- Grew and then Laura Shields, two students who had demonstrated superior capabilities. Together they provided research and initial written materials for Part Two of this book and assisted with editing Part One. Tommie was particularly helpful in this regard. This project would not have been completed in its present form without their assistance. Throughout the project, as has been the case in all my academic and literary endeavors, my wife, Denise, has been an unending source of support, encouragement, and editorial genius. xv
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