Litigation
Dec. 11, 2001
Starting Line
I vividly remember doing my first nonjury civil trial as a judge, not because the case was unique but because it taught me how best to uncover truth and find facts in a mass of confused evidence. After hearing all the testimony and the closing arguments of the opposing lawyers in a medical malpractice case, I went into chambers with a stack of carefully taken notes and all the documents introduced into evidence.
By Charles W. McCoy Jr.
I vividly remember doing my first nonjury civil trial as a judge, not because the case was unique but because it taught me how best to uncover truth and find facts in a mass of confused evidence. After hearing all the testimony and the closing arguments of the opposing lawyers in a medical malpractice case, I went into chambers with a s...
I vividly remember doing my first nonjury civil trial as a judge, not because the case was unique but because it taught me how best to uncover truth and find facts in a mass of confused evidence. After hearing all the testimony and the closing arguments of the opposing lawyers in a medical malpractice case, I went into chambers with a s...
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