Civil_Pre-Trial_Proceedings-Answer_and_Counterclaim-Captions.xml
Civil_Pre-Trial_Proceedings-Answer_and_Counterclaim-Captions.xml
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<p begin="00:00:00.25" end="00:00:05.30">This is your legal minute, brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
<p begin="00:00:06.00" end="00:00:13.10">Once a civil case is started by the filing of a Complaint by the plaintiff, the defendant must next be served with a copy.</p>
<p begin="00:00:13.20" end="00:00:17.00">That service usually occurs by certified mail.</p>
<p begin="00:00:17.10" end="00:00:25.00">Then, once service has been obtained, a defendant has 28 days to file with the court a written response to the Complaint.</p>
<p begin="00:00:25.10" end="00:00:30.00">Such a response is called an “Answer” and the legal document does exactly that—</p>
<p begin="00:00:30.10" end="00:00:35.00">the defendant either admits or denies the allegations in the Complaint,</p>
<p begin="00:00:35.10" end="00:00:40.00">and admits or denies the theories of the case, such as denying there was negligence.</p>
<p begin="00:00:40.10" end="00:00:48.00">This Answer sets the framework of the case—what must the plaintiff prove and what has already been admitted?</p>
<p begin="00:00:48.10" end="00:00:57.00">If the defendant feels he or she has a legal claim back against the plaintiff, as part of the Answer, the defendant files a Counterclaim—</p>
<p begin="00:00:57.10" end="00:01:00.00">that is when the defendant brings a legal action against the plaintiff.</p>
<p begin="00:01:00.10" end="00:01:05.00">So, in short, there are two lawsuits in one case.</p>
<p begin="00:01:05.10" end="00:01:10.00">This legal minute is brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
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