Your Lawsuit: Understanding the Scrapes, Scratches, and Indignities of the California Litigation Process From Start to Finish

By Stewart R. Albertson and Keith Davidson

The purpose of this book is to help the general public understand the litigation process. The authors, who are experienced litigators, cover the basics of litigation from start to finish. The topics include: initiating the lawsuit, discovery, mediation, and trial. This book does what the authors do best: explaining the complex, confusing litigation process. This book is easy-to-read and helps people understand how lawsuits really work. If you have never been involved in a lawsuit before, you may be surprised at just how confusing (and slow) our court system can be. Lawsuits in America proceed on the basis of due process of law. Due process simply means that every party must be given a fair chance to present evidence in court before a judge or jury. Sounds simple, but that process of fairness takes time because, in California at least, there are far more lawsuits filed than judges or juries to decide them. By the end of this book you should have a better understanding of the litigation process. While you may still wonder why the process takes so long and costs so much (topics for a different book), your better understanding should allow you greater flexibility, resilience, and persistence, so you can more easily contend with the long, slow journey.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1791716431
• ISBN13: 9781791716431
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.4" x 5.5"