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Controlling Murphy in the courtroom.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-FEB-03
Format: Online - approximately 921 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Controlling Murphy in the courtroom. (preparing for problems)

Article Excerpt
You arrive Monday morning to start the big trial. Your research file contains relevant statutory law, case law, evidence law, and procedural law. You are prepared for any challenge except one--Murphy's Law.

You may recall that Murphy's Law holds that if anything can go wrong, it will. Every seasoned trial lawyer has met Murphy in the courtroom. Unanticipated events during trial can change momentum as quickly as a football fumble on the 10-yard line.

Of course, Murphy's devilment can strike either you or your opponent. In the latter situation, you reap an unexpected advantage.

We all recall those joyous or dreaded moments when Murphy takes temporary control of a trial and changes its momentum. A witness on the stand will suddenly add a fact previously unknown to either side. A judge will announce reversal of an earlier...

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