Friday audio--Section B, Section A. We will do our first make-up session on Friday, January 30. Section B will meet 9:15-10:35, take a 25-minute break, then return for our regular time. Section will have our regular session (1-2:20), take a 40-minute break and reconvene from 3-4:20 (our regular time).
Prep the rest of Joinder, which will take us through Wednesday and much of Thursday. Be ready to analyze (doing REA, as if writing an essay) whether joinder is proper in VOA and Morgan, including Krista's products liability claim and the claim by Jones (the other driver injured on the New Jersey Turnpike). Be ready to discuss the policy benefits and drawbacks to Rule 20 joinder.
Couple points of clarification: Questions of whether claims or parties can be joined have nothing to do with: 1) whether those claims can be pursued or 2) whether those claims have merit. Obviously VOA can file a civil action including its old contract claim and it may or may not succeed; Rule 18 is concerned with whether VOA can include it in this lawsuit. Obviously both victims of my fraud can file civil actions and include claims against me for fraud and those claims may or may not succeed; Rule 20(a)(1) is concerned with whether the victims can sue in one action rather than having to do so separately.
Also, some people asked about doing outlines. Wait until about next Thursday and you will start to see the best way to organize at least this first part of the outline.
