Lawyer letter question....

[phaliscak]

This may sound like a dumb question, but what the heck... I recieved a letter today from our lawyer with a trial date. My question is...please help me understand what it means. "We have been advised that your case has been tentatively scheduled for trial to start some time during the two to three week period commencing October 28, 2002, and thereafter until reached and concluded at the Superior Court ...."

My interpretation is that our trial will begin two to three weeks AFTER October 28th or until it is settled in court. Or is it exactly October 28th and will take two to three weeks to end in court. I opt for the first one.

Patty

[francine]

this is how I read this....

The process commences (starts) on October 28th.

There are some steps that occur before the actual trial begins - for example - jury selection. So the trial itself will start sometime after those precursors are completed and will end within 2-3 weeks.

In other words plan to be there on October 28th and take 3 weeks off from work!

I wish you the best of luck,
francine

[francine]

I read it again - the wording is really tricky - tell us what your lawyer says about this - I'm so curious now.
-francine

[LeeAnne]

Also watch for that word tenatively. It is "tenatively scheduled." Ours has been tenatively scheduled 3 different times now. Alot depends on the court docket and the timing being agreeable to both sets of attorneys.It could change anytime.Also the amount of time needed for the case,1week, 2 weeks or a longer docket. Good Luck! LeeAnne

[christy]

What I would like to know is how anyone already gone to trial has been able to arrange that much time off consecutively.

[francine]

Christy - since Maia was born Lou has only taken off one week of vacation time (last year) and one week each time she had surgery. He gets 2 weeks a year - so now he has 4 weeks saved up. They're not going to be happy if he has to take all that time off at once - but they've been warned that it's coming up. I hope he doesn't lose his job over it. Talk about adding insult to injury.

[SPEELMAC]

Our jury selection started on a Monday and then the trial took a week and a couple of days. I thought about working at home after each day of trial, but it was such a emotionally draining trial that I felt I could just spend time with our daughter. I wasn't in the mood to answer emails (work or personal). I was lucky work let me take vacation time. I did prepare them beforehand that it might be two weeks.