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darkknight109 posted...

zebatov posted...

Man. The burden of proof is on them.

This being a civil case, no one has "burden of proof", because you don't have to prove anything. Civil cases work on preponderance of evidence, meaning the judge/jury just has to decide who is *more likely* to be responsible.

@darkknight109
That's the way it works here. I guess the US is different in that sense. I'm suing my old roommate for breaking my stuff and he's already admitted to breaking it because he thinks that the police not charging either of us for criminal mischief, as the charges would cancel each other out, also applies to "he broke my stuff so I get to break his". Unfortunately for him that isn't the case and now all I have to do is present all the receipts I have for the damage he did plus extra expenses I incurred from the entire situation and that's the game. I've spoken to one judge and five lawyers about this.

Jen0125 posted...

SmokeMassTree posted...

I feel like I'm only named in the suit because I have to be.

You're named because you're the owner and they're going to name everyone. It's actually lucky for you there are so many players involved so that you don't have to shoulder the whole burden yourself.

@SmokeMassTree
When I spoke to a lawyer about another lawsuit (that I won) he said "Most of the time we don't know who to sue, so we name everybody and the people that should be there will show up."

I quoted Jen because she was saying the same thing I think.
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