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LOGGER'S S 
SI-FP-1986-CT-219

LOGGER: Valerie McGhee
REEL NUMBER: 2AB 
STAGE: Am. Trial Lawyers 
DATE: 7/3/86 
PRESENTOR: Germaine Ingram
GROUP NAME:
REGION/STYLE: Closing Arguement Amerifun Case 

PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION 
William Wilson Plaintiff Lawyer 
Diana Marshall Defense Lawyer 
Jim Carrigan Presiding Judge 

CONTENTS
1. Intro to Freeman vs. Amerifun Case - background on case [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] Ingram
2. Discussion on the importance of closing arguments - Ingram 
3. Discourse on closing arguments - personal statement - Wilson 
4. Closing Arguments - summation of facts - Wilson 
5. Expression of his responsibility and Nature of the closing arguments - Wilson
6. Discussion of sympathy vs. justice as basis for decision [[strikethrough]] Wilson [[/strikethrough]] of jurors- Wilson
7. Review of the damages sought by Freeman - Wilson
8. Placing responsibility of sending a message to Amerifun on jurors - Wilson
9.  Lack of justification of the sympathy argument - Marshall
10. Reminding jurors of the childs history of swallowing items - Marshall
11. Pointing out lack of direct evidence supporting plaintiff arguments - Marshall
12. Review of the plaintiff's responsibilities and alternatives available to her at the time - Marshall
13. → Rebuttal of plaintiff's lawyer - Wilson
14. Debriefing of plaintiff's lawyer on his tactics - Wilson
15. Defense lawyer explains tactic [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]] of emphasizing liability -Marshall
16. Explanation of apportioning responsibility - Ingram
→ 18. Reel change 
→ 17. Judge discusses jury perceptiveness - Carrigan