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Show I TH( CITIZEN AND RtvitW, December 16. 1965 n ini Dont Slug Back . . Hold That Temper, Take It To Court EDITORS NOTE: This is the fifth in a senes on the Lu as it pertains to the average citizen JIM BALDWIN The Plaintiff is ready, Your Honor'" The Plaintiff. Instigator of court room drama Antagonist in courtroom controversy Counsel for Plaintiff may serve any private citizen or He may reprecorporation sent a unit of government He serves to initiate and proceed ith civil actions He may take action to obtain restitution for a damage done His objective may be retriB - O y bution for a grievance his client believes has been inflicted upon him be defendant. Plaintiff seeks a positive legal action with a positive legal result He may demand payment of a legal obligation; he may demand performance of an agreed upon or a legally required act; he may demand cessation of an act He may seek restraint of behavior or performance He may wish an interpretation of a writing or an oral agreement over which controversy has arisen. Plaintiff initiates a legal action- - a civil action for satisfaction of a legal grievance Often, plaintiff may allege, and it is the responsibility of counsel for plaintiff to show that through negligence or misconduct on the part of defendant, plaintiff has suffered damages which may be translated into terms of an economic loss. In an action for damages, plaintiff enters the courtroom arena to convince judge or jury that he should be awarded cash for the injury damages suffered He may seek special damages generally actual physical damages. He may seek general damages to compensate for pain, heartbreak, loss of a thing or person having present and future value. Plaintiff may, and frequently does, seek punitive damages An offender in a civil action, in the judgment of a jury or a judge, may be required to suffer punishment by payment of which punitive damages, amount, in tact, to a fine imposed The fine, however, is paid to he person damaged; IfiS records carry cases be filed as a subsequent part of the original action The counter suit is not at all uncommon, for example, in the divorce case Nor is it uncommon for the person originating the action to find himself being divorced and suffering the economic impositions that accompany most divorces These courtroom antagonists once an action is filed, may negotiate, a parry, feint, stand at areas length or legally clinch in an effort loach- leve legal advantage within the rules of courtroom controversy Most or all of this legal altercation may ta,e place in conversations between counsil and client., then counsel and counsel, with appearance in court necessary only to obtain a signature or decision as the parrying of counsel makes necessary in some ca- actions are not generally brought to change a status; and the plaintiff must show cause why the status should be altered While defense must show cause why the status should be altered The plaintiff is not always confined to an action against an individual or a business firm. He may initiate an action against an agent of government. In certain legal writs, for example, the individual may be petitioner in an action against a government agent The courts exist to satisfy your grievances without violence The legal concept- - the very idea of law and the courts anticipates that you will become a plaintiff in that dispute which you are unable to resolve peacefully with your antagonist. Make use of your courts as a substitute for anger, and hatred and violence. March Of Dimes Selects Taylor 1956 1966 Chairman Zip Snip, Print, Dont Scrawl Salt Lake postmaster David Trevithick urges patrons to use free labels distributed by the for the bundling of their local and Christmas cards post-offi- Thomas T Taylor, chairman of the board, Prudential Federal Savings and Loan and prominent Association, ce Salt Lake City community leader, lus been named chairman of Salt Lake Countys 1966 March of Dimes campaign That announcement was made Thursday by Roy W state March of Simmons, Dimes campaign chairman The 1966 campaign in Salt Lake county will be launched in January to coincide with During the week of December 2, 1965, each carrier on his regular round distributed labels to each resident in the Salt Lake area The red and white labels are prepared in a strip of four and if that is not sufficient, additional labels may be obtained from your nearest post office. state and national kickoffs, Mr. Simmons said. Mr Taylor is a director of Salt Lake Citys Downtown Planning Association and a director of Salt Lake Valley He has Citizens Council. held positions of leadership in many civic organizations through a number of years. He is a member of the Alta and Salt Lake Couitry clubs. He became president of Prudential Federal Savings and I oan Association in 1338 He served as president until his election as lulrn.i 4 the board in I9C2 .Jiu-beepresident of u tut. Savings and Loan Leai'm.- and has served on several coftiin-itteof the United and Loan League Mr. Taylor is an alumnus of University of Kansas, ?and New York Universitys Graduate School of Businesl Mr. and Mrs. Taylor,! the former Margaret Murray, reside at 603 East 5600 South street, Murray. They lave one son. - es Stk'-Savin- I ' ses. Plaintiff may be the aggrieved and may appear successfully before a court in his SHOP 'TIL 9 behalf without counsel; this is a common situation in small claims cases, wherethedaim may be less than the cost of counsel Plaintiff, of course, may appear at any court m civil action without counsel, but rules of courtroom procedure and rules of procedure in negotiating a case outside the courtroom, are so technical that plaintiff would find himself facing inevitable defeat through failure to observe the rules. In the small claims action, the judge will advise both sides and direct each side as to the procedure within which to present his case. 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