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<blockquote data-quote="GTRX7" data-source="post: 722890" data-attributes="member: 1045"><p>You raise another good point, but I think still slightly misunderstands the legal system. As you note, discovery is very liberal, and the law generally allows discovery of all relevant information. The point you seem to be raising now is that you believe that Zion's lawyers may have good argument that Zion may not have been permanently ineligible even if he did receive money, so a judge might just conclude that is the best argument and rule the agent's position "irrelevant." But that really isn't the way things works. The jury is the one that ultimately make judgment calls regarding arguments, not the judge. The judge can really only weigh in to stop a case if the judge concludes that there is <u>no</u> legal basis upon which a party can win, not just that he thinks that one party's arguments are better.</p><p></p><p>So, if the statute leaves it open that, by taking money, Zion could maybe be permanently ineligible or maybe not, the judge has to let that go to the jury. The only way the judge can stop that before a trial is if the judge views all facts in favor of the agent and assumes them to be true but then still concludes, even if true, legally, there is <u>no</u> way Zion could be deemed permanently ineligible under the law. If there is any way Zion could be deemed permanently ineligible, even if the judge thinks it is unlikely, the judge needs to let that go to the jury.</p><p></p><p>But, again, I agree that this will probably settle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTRX7, post: 722890, member: 1045"] You raise another good point, but I think still slightly misunderstands the legal system. As you note, discovery is very liberal, and the law generally allows discovery of all relevant information. The point you seem to be raising now is that you believe that Zion's lawyers may have good argument that Zion may not have been permanently ineligible even if he did receive money, so a judge might just conclude that is the best argument and rule the agent's position "irrelevant." But that really isn't the way things works. The jury is the one that ultimately make judgment calls regarding arguments, not the judge. The judge can really only weigh in to stop a case if the judge concludes that there is [U]no[/U] legal basis upon which a party can win, not just that he thinks that one party's arguments are better. So, if the statute leaves it open that, by taking money, Zion could maybe be permanently ineligible or maybe not, the judge has to let that go to the jury. The only way the judge can stop that before a trial is if the judge views all facts in favor of the agent and assumes them to be true but then still concludes, even if true, legally, there is [U]no[/U] way Zion could be deemed permanently ineligible under the law. If there is any way Zion could be deemed permanently ineligible, even if the judge thinks it is unlikely, the judge needs to let that go to the jury. But, again, I agree that this will probably settle. [/QUOTE]
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