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COURT LITIGATION
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What is Litigation?

Litigation is an ancient process that involves determining issues through a court,

with a judge or jury. The type of court is decided by the type of dispute, based
on jurisdiction.
When a member of the public begins a civil lawsuit, this person is entered into the process
called litigation

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the plaintiff (which is the person who starts the lawsuit)

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After the discovery process is completed by the parties, most courts will require both the
plaintiff and the defendant to attend a conference in which they hope to reach a settlement
before pushing the case onto a trial. Depending on the outcome, an agreement will be
reached or given that the parties can’t reach a settlement, the litigation will then continue
onto a trial.
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Given a settlement is reached, litigation is ended.

Given that the parties are still unable to settle their differences, a trial will be held.

Given neither is put forward, the trial will proceed to a conclusion and either the judge or the
jury will must decide which party prevails over the other.

Given that the defendant loses the lawsuit, the party can now ask the courtroom to throw
out the verdict if they feel that the evidence did not warrant the decision, or the defendant
can alternatively ask that any damages awarded to the plaintiff be lowered. The court has
the right to grant or refuse these kinds of requests made by the defendant.

Once a final decision is made, litigation will end. The winning party is given the right to
collect any outstanding damages from the losing party