Question

Patty sued Raphael for hitting her car, alleging that Raphael was texting at the time when the accident happened. Patty did not present hard evidence of texting, such as phone records. The jury held Raphael was not liable for the accident because Patty has not proved Raphael was texting, and that in fact it was Patty who failed yield to Raphael. Patty should:____________
a. Ask the judge to grant a default judgement because the jury was wrong
b. Appeal and try to convince the appellate court that Raphael was actually texting
c. Ask the Supreme Court to overturn the decision because she made clear Raphael was texting
d. Appeal to federal court to overturn the decision, which was made in state court
e. Move on with her life, as she was unable to convince the jury to side with her on a question of fact

Answer 1

Answer:

Option E                          

Explanation:

In simple words, the above case relates to the situation of lack of evidence. For proving an alleged criminal to be the culprit the law requires a full hard core proof after no further questioning regarding guilt of the culprit could be done.

In this case, eye witnesses or video camera recording could have been an aid fr Patty but as she had not presented anything to the court she can do nothing.