Summary Adjudication Of Issues at Legal Glossary

What is it? A partial summary judgment motion, in which the judge is asked to decide only one or some of the legal issues in the case. For example, in a car accident case there might be overwhelming and uncontradicted evidence of the defendants carelessness, but conflicting evidence as to the extent of the plaintiffs injuries. The plaintiff might ask for summary adjudication on the issue of carelessness, but go to trial on the question of injuries.

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