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lovelychick
Oct 26, 2009, 04:46 PM
Writing an Internal Memo: For this exercise you’ll write an internal office memorandum to your supervising attorney that advises him or her of the results of your research on a given topic and applies the law to the facts in your case. Remember, for an internal office memo, your purpose is to inform your supervising attorney as to what your research has found, not to persuade the reader one way or another. Fact Scenario John Brown sued his dentist, Dr. Thomas Furlow, claiming he was injured as a result of Dr. Furlow’s failure to extract an infected tooth on August 3, when he was examined by Dr. Furlow. After his appointment with Dr. Furlow, ignoring Dr. Furlow’s recommendation to return because his tooth was infected, Brown left to go on vacation. While he was camping in the desert, his tooth became more severely infected. The infection spread, causing him severe pain and fever and endangering his life. Brown passed out in the desert and was found by a passerby, who rushed him to the hospital. His life was saved, but he incurred significant medical expense, loss of income, and pain and suffering.

Furlow was served with a complaint on March 1. The summons stated that he had 20 days to file an answer or that judgmentcould be entered against him. Furlow took the complaint homewith him and put it in the safe in his study. Later, he phonedhis attorney, who asked him when he had been served andmade an appointment for March 19. On Thursday, March 18, Furlow's house was robbed and the contents of the safe, along with money and jewelry, weretaken. Fearing for the safety of his wife and children, Furlowtook his family and went to his mother-in-law's residence,approximately four hours away. The appointment with hisattorney that morning was forgotten and he spent the weekendwith his family at his mother-in-law's residence.Upon his return on Monday, March 22, Dr. Furlow rescheduledhis appointment with his attorney for March 23.

Meanwhile, on March 23, a default judgment was entered against Furlow. Furlow's attorney phoned the court clerk theafternoon of March 23 and was told that a default judgmenthad been entered. He immediately filed a motion to set asidethe default judgment.

You are the attorney's paralegal and are instructed to review the two cases he believes are on point in this case and theapplicable statutes. After reading the material, prepare a memorandum explaining whether they are applicable, favorableor unfavorable, and how they relate to the facts in this case.

http://lessons.pennfoster.com/pdf/008033.pdf: here are 2 cases for research...

Thanks in advance this is a hard one.

Clough
Oct 26, 2009, 05:32 PM
Hi, lovelychick!

So, how about posting a draft of your memo here so that we can look it over and give you suggestions as to how you might make improvements to it?

If you just start the memo on your own, we'll be able to give you advice as to whether it's a good beginning or not to it.

That's really how this site works concerning homework questions.

You also should read what can be found, via clicking on the following link, concerning how to post homework questions on this site.

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Thanks!

lshetters
Jun 29, 2010, 02:40 PM
Writing an Internal Memo: For this exercise you'll write an internal office memorandum to your supervising attorney that advises him or her of the results of your research on a given topic and applies the law to the facts in your case. Remember, for an internal office memo, your purpose is to inform your supervising attorney as to what your research has found, not to persuade the reader one way or another. Fact Scenario John Brown sued his dentist, Dr. Thomas Furlow, claiming he was injured as a result of Dr. Furlow's failure to extract an infected tooth on August 3, when he was examined by Dr. Furlow. After his appointment with Dr. Furlow, ignoring Dr. Furlow's recommendation to return because his tooth was infected, Brown left to go on vacation. While he was camping in the desert, his tooth became more severely infected. The infection spread, causing him severe pain and fever and endangering his life. Brown passed out in the desert and was found by a passerby, who rushed him to the hospital. His life was saved, but he incurred significant medical expense, loss of income, and pain and suffering.

Furlow was served with a complaint on March 1. The summons stated that he had 20 days to file an answer or that judgmentcould be entered against him. Furlow took the complaint homewith him and put it in the safe in his study. Later, he phonedhis attorney, who asked him when he had been served andmade an appointment for March 19. On Thursday, March 18, Furlow's house was robbed and the contents of the safe, along with money and jewelry, weretaken. Fearing for the safety of his wife and children, Furlowtook his family and went to his mother-in-law's residence,approximately four hours away. The appointment with hisattorney that morning was forgotten and he spent the weekendwith his family at his mother-in-law's residence.Upon his return on Monday, March 22, Dr. Furlow rescheduledhis appointment with his attorney for March 23.

Meanwhile, on March 23, a default judgment was entered against Furlow. Furlow's attorney phoned the court clerk theafternoon of March 23 and was told that a default judgmenthad been entered. He immediately filed a motion to set asidethe default judgment.

You are the attorney's paralegal and are instructed to review the two cases he believes are on point in this case and theapplicable statutes. After reading the material, prepare a memorandum explaining whether they are applicable, favorableor unfavorable, and how they relate to the facts in this case.

http://lessons.pennfoster.com/pdf/008033.pdf: here are 2 cases for research...

Thanks in advance this is a hard one.