Article 1 (Civil Case) Article 2 (Criminal Case) Who are the parties on both Plaintiff+ Tommy and Rita Prosecutor = The U.S. sides of the case? Coggins Government (Federal Defendant = Laclede Gas Authorities like, the FBI, or US Company Attorney) What happened? Their House exploded due to a Someone tried to get money buildup of gas, Their son was from the US Bank by posting as injured and later died from the the electric company in emails injury. Which party initiated or The plaintiffs Tommy and Rita Th US government/FBI started the case? Coggins started the case by initiated the case by arresting suing Laclede Gas Co. Mr. Smith and charging him with bank fraud. What is this party asking the The plaintiffs wanted Laclede The government would like the court to do/decide? to be found negligent in defendant to be found guilty of maintaining its underground breaking the law. gas lines, allowing gas to build up inside the house, and thus causing the loss and damage. What penalty are they Money to repay losses and The gov’t is seeking an seeking? damages. appropriate punishment. The gov’t also wants to prevent future crimes and protect public safety Has the trial already in this case, the decision has The trial has not happened yet at happened? If so, what was already been made. The jury the time this article was written, the outcome? found that Laclede Gas was Mr. Smith is presumed and negligent and awarded money innocent unless the government to the plaintiffs. can prove he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. What must the person prove The plaintiff must prove their The prosecutor must prove the to win? preponderance of the guilty beyond a claims by a defendant is evidence reasonable doubt = meaning it is more = meaning that likely to be true than not true, or there is no other reasonable that there is greater than a 50% explanation that can be derived chance that it’s true. (Lower from the evidence presented. standard than in criminal cases) (Highest standard)
Article 1 (Civil Case) Article 2 (Criminal Case) Who are the parties on both sides of the case? Plaintiff+ Tommy and Rita Coggins Defendant = Laclede Gas Company Prosecutor = The U.S. Government (Federal Authorities like, the FBI, or US Attorney) What happened? Their House exploded due to a buildup of gas, Their son was injured and later died from the injury. Someone tried to get money from the US Bank by posting as the electric company in emails Which party initiated or started the case? The plaintiffs Tommy and Rita Coggins started the case by suing Laclede Gas Co. Th US government/FBI initiated the case by arresting Mr. Smith and charging him with bank fraud. What is this party asking the court to do/decide? The plaintiffs wanted Laclede to be found negligent in maintaining its underground gas lines, allowing gas to build up inside the house, and thus causing the loss and damage. The government would like the defendant to be found guilty of breaking the law. What penalty are they seeking? Money to repay losses and damages. The gov’t is seeking an appropriate punishment. The gov’t also wants to prevent future crimes and protect public safety Has the trial already happened? If so, what was the outcome? in this case, the decision has already been made. The jury found that Laclede Gas was negligent and awarded money to the plaintiffs. The trial has not happened yet at the time this article was written, and Mr. Smith is presumed innocent unless the government can prove he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. What must the person prove to win? The plaintiff must prove their claims by a preponderance of the evidence = meaning it is more likely to be true than not true, or that there is greater than a 50% chance that it’s true. (Lower standard than in criminal cases) The prosecutor must prove the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt = meaning that there is no other reasonable explanation that can be derived from the evidence presented. (Highest standard)
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