The point of telling a witness to "just answer the question asked" is

a. to be evasive.
b. to make the other lawyer work for it.
c. to make it cost more for opposing counsel to get to the truth.
d. to prevent accidental disclosure.


d

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?A remedy for a reliance cause of action may involve the nonbreaching party's expectation, reliance, or restitution interest.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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During the course of performing a root canal on Dawn, Dr. Toth, an oral surgeon, gets an implement stuck in Dawn's tooth and it breaks. Dr. Toth cannot extract the broken piece of the implement from Dawn's tooth, so he leaves it there. He completes the root canal, and does not disclose to Dawn that he has left part of a dental implement imbedded in her tooth. Dawn's other dental work, including the placement of a crown on the tooth with the implement in it, is then completed. Two years later, Dawn begins to have significant problems with the tooth on which Dr. Toth performed the root canal. Dawn has a seriousinfection that requires the removal of not only the tooth that Dr. Toth performed the surgeryon, but also the teeth on either side of it. She misses a significant amount of work to

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What type of motion is filed in an attempt to preventcertain evidencefrom being presented to a jury?

A. Motion to deny B. Motionfor cause C. Motion to compel D. Motion inlimine

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