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McCoy v. American Suzuki Motor Corp.
Citation:
961 P.2d 952 (Wash. 1998).Only StudyBuddy Pro offers the complete Case Brief Anatomy*
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- Topic: Identifies the topic of law and where this case fits within your course outline.
- Parties: Identifies the cast of characters involved in the case.
- Procedural Posture & History: Shares the case history with how lower courts have ruled on the matter.
- Case Key Terms, Acts, Doctrines, etc.: A case specific Legal Term Dictionary.
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- Brief Facts: A Synopsis of the Facts of the case.
- Rule of Law: Identifies the Legal Principle the Court used in deciding the case.
- Facts: What are the factual circumstances that gave rise to the civil or criminal case? What is the relationship of the Parties that are involved in the case. Review the Facts of this case here:
A vehicle in front of Plaintiff swerves and rolls off the road. Plaintiff pulled to the side of the road to render aid to the seriously-injured driver. Plaintiff initially placed flares at the accident scene (at the direction of a state police officer), which proved unsuccessful. Plaintiff then positioned himself a quarter-mile from the scene with a lit flare in each hand to manually redirect traffic.
The injured driver was eventually transported to a nearby hospital, leaving Plaintiff and the officer at the scene. Plaintiff asked the officer a question, but the officer drove away, leaving Plaintiff with the lit flares. While returning to his vehicle, Plaintiff was struck by another vehicle and seriously injured.
- Issue(s): Lists the Questions of Law that are raised by the Facts of the case.
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- Reasoning and Analysis: Identifies the chain of argument(s) which led the judges to rule as they did.
- The Brief Prologue closes the case brief with important forward-looking discussion and includes:
- Policy: Identifies the Policy if any that has been established by the case.
- Court Direction: Shares where the Court went from here for this case.
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