Trial Brief

IN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF SEWARD COUNTY, KANSAS <TABLE style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR style="HEIGHT: 148.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 227.1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; HEIGHT: 148.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width=303> PHIL JONES, Plaintiff <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> vs. <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> PHILLIP DUNCAN, Defendant</TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 13.8pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; HEIGHT: 148.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width=18> )<O:P></O:P> )<O:P></O:P> )<O:P></O:P> )<O:P></O:P> )<O:P></O:P> )<O:P></O:P> ) )<O:P></O:P> )<O:P></O:P> )<O:P></O:P> )<O:P></O:P><O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P> <O:P></O:P> </O:P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; WIDTH: 227.1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; HEIGHT: 148.5pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width=303> Case No. ___________ TRIAL BRIEF</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Proceeding Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter ____ (Cite Statute or Court Rule) TRIAL BRIEF Comes now defendant, Sierra Vista Apartments, by and through its attorneys of record, _____________, and hereby files the following Trial Brief. <O:P></O:P> <H3 style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center>FACTS</H3> <H3 style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P></O:P> </H3> On <ST1:DATE w:st="on" Month="6" Day="4" Year="1998">June 4, 1998</ST1:DATE> the Defendant and Plaintiff entered into a contractual relationship. The terms of the contract called for . . . <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <H3 style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center>ISSUE</H3> <H3 style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P></O:P> </H3> 1. Did the Defendant fail to act in a reasonable amount of time to correct property defects at the Sierra Vista Apartment Complex? <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <H3 style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center>ARGUMENT</H3> <H3 style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P></O:P> </H3> 1. Did the Defendant fail to act in a reasonable amount of time to correct property defects at the <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Sierra Vista</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY> Apartment Complex? <O:P></O:P> Case law has held that . . . (Fully analyze each authority upon which you are relying, just as you did in your previous Interoffice Memoranda.) <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <H3 style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center>CONCLUSION</H3> <H3 style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><O:P></O:P> </H3> 1. On <ST1:DATE w:st="on" Month="6" Day="4" Year="1998">June 4, 1998</ST1:DATE> the Defendant and Plaintiff entered into a contractual relationship. The terms of the contract called for . . . <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 23.5pt; MARGIN: 0in -0.4in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in .6in 1.1in 1.6in 2.1in 2.6in 3.1in 3.6in 4.1in 4.6in 5.1in 5.6in 6.1in 6.6in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class=MsoNormal> DATED this ____ day of June, 2010.<O:P></O:P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 23.5pt; MARGIN: 0in -0.4in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in .6in 1.1in 1.6in 2.1in 2.6in 3.1in 3.6in 4.1in 4.6in 5.1in 5.6in 6.1in 6.6in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class=MsoNormal> <O:P></O:P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 23.5pt; MARGIN: 0in -0.4in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in .6in 1.1in 1.6in 2.1in 2.6in 3.1in 3.6in 4.1in 4.6in 5.1in 5.6in 6.1in 6.6in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class=MsoNormal><O:P></O:P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 23.5pt; MARGIN: 0in -0.4in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: -1.0in -.5in .6in 1.1in 1.6in 2.1in 2.6in 3.1in 3.6in 4.1in 4.6in 5.1in 5.6in 6.1in 6.6in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class=MsoNormal><V:LINE style="Z-INDEX: 251657728; POSITION: absolute; TEXT-ALIGN: left; LEFT: 0px; flip: y" id=_x0000_s1026 from="180pt,21.7pt" to="381.6pt,21.7pt" o:allowincell="f"></V:LINE><O:P></O:P> ATTORNEY NAME<O:P></O:P> _____ Bar No. 6779<O:P></O:P> <ST1:STREET w:st="on"><ST1:ADDRESS w:st="on">2755 East Desert Inn Rd., Ste. 230</ST1:ADDRESS></ST1:STREET><O:P></O:P> _____, _____ 89121<O:P></O:P> Attorneys for Plaintiffs<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <H6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><O:P></O:P></H6> <H6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> </H6> <H6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> </H6> <H6 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>CERTIFICATE OF MAILING<O:P></O:P></H6> I hereby certify that on this day of March, 2010, I placed a true and correct copy of the foregoing TRIAL BRIEF in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, addressed to counsel on the attached service list:<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> _____________________________________________<O:P></O:P> An employee of <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P>

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