Civil Procedure II: Practice and Procedure

Adjunct Professor Joseph Wohrle
Prof. E-mail
310-826-7952

Thursday
10:00am - 12:00pm -- Room G202

First Class Assignment

I. ETHICAL CONCERNS (CCP Secs. 128.5, 128.6, 128.7; LA Local Rules 7.12 - 7.14; CRC 227; FRCP 11)

II. PRE-LAWSUIT CONSIDERATIONS FOR PLAINTIFFS

A. Liability and damages: substantive analysis of the occurrence (who did what to whom; what was the result of the wrongful conduct)

B. Collectibility 1. Solvency of the potential defendant 2. Insurance

C. Proper parties

1. Real party in interest (CCP Sec. 367)

2. Capacity (CCP Secs. 372, 373, 430.10, 430.80)

3. Joinder (CCP Secs. 378, 379, 379.5, 382, 389, 389.5 430.10, 430.80)