Also known as: result · resulting trust
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A legal consequence or outcome that follows directly from a specified act, omission, or event.
Rosa Ruiz left her toddler unsupervised near an open second-story window while she answered a phone call. The child fell and died. Because Rosa's conduct deviated substantially from reasonable care, the resulting killing constituted involuntary manslaughter.
Renee Rogers filed an affidavit showing that her former business partner was about to liquidate joint assets and flee the jurisdiction. The court issued a temporary restraining order without notice because the facts clearly established that immediate and irreparable injury would result to Renee before the partner could be heard.
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Ronald Reed offered to pay Riley Rivera's hospital bills after a car accident. At trial Rivera sought to introduce the offer to prove Reed's liability. The court excluded the evidence because offers to pay medical expenses resulting from an injury are inadmissible to prove liability.
Ralph Richardson pointed a gun at a rival and pulled the trigger intending to cause death. Because his conscious object was to cause that result, the purposeful mental state attached to the homicide element.
Rajesh Rao's lawyer called the judge's chambers to reschedule a hearing. The judge reasonably believed no party would gain a procedural or tactical advantage as a result of the brief ex parte contact and therefore permitted the communication.
Riverfront Developments used its lawyer's drafted contract representations to conceal that it intended to substitute inferior materials. The lawyer reasonably believed the client would cause substantial financial injury to the buyer and therefore disclosed the information to prevent the fraud that would result from continued use of the lawyer's services.
Criminal negligence requires a substantially greater deviation from reasonable conduct than the negligence sufficient for civil liability. When that higher threshold is met and death results, the killing is involuntary manslaughter rather than a civil tort alone.
Specific facts in an affidavit or verified complaint must clearly demonstrate that immediate and irreparable injury will result to the movant before the adverse party can be heard. The rule also requires a certification about notice efforts under subsection (B).
Rule 409 excludes such evidence when offered to prove liability. The policy encourages prompt payment of medical bills without fear that the payment will later be used against the payor.
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