Documentary Companion to a Civil Action Wi Notes, Comments, and Questions

Summary: Used in over 60 schools after its first year of publication, this documentary supplement uses the actual litigation documents from Anderson v. Cryovac to explain & explore the basic material of the first-year civil procedure course. The document can accompany the narrative of Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action providing an overview of the litigation process. The authors have acquired from federal district court all phase...s of the litigation in Anderson v. Cryovac including: Transfer under 1404(a), Complaint, Answer, Amendment, Rule 11, Impleader, & Intervention. Second semester documents include: scope of discovery, protective orders, secrecy in litigation, deposition practice, & request to admit. Note: Also available, Lessons from Woburn: The Untold Stories, A Video Companion to A Civil Action by Marilyn J. Berger, Seattle University & Henry Wigglesworth, Seattle University. [read more]