Midterm Handout

1. Pleading Rules: code, notice, fact
2. due process of law
3. pleadings - types: complaint, answer, reply, cross, third party, affirmative defenses and pleadings
4. plaintiff/defendant/ real party in interest , standing
5. capacity to sue or be sued.
6. guardian ad litem
7. joinder of parties: mandatory and permissive
8. interpleader under federal rules
9. class action, intervention, et. al.,
10. Captions
11. jurisdictional allegations, COA, parties
12. Guidelines for filing complaints
13. general damages, special damages, exemplary
14. prohibitory injunctions
15. mandatory injunction
16. specific performance, restitution
17. Know causes of action such as:
    1. Breach of K
    2. Contract reformation
    3. Rescission
    4. Unjust Enrichment )quantum meruit)
    5. Negligence
       1. PI
       2. Wrongful Death
       3. Attorney malpractice
       4. Medical malpractice
       5. Infliction of emotional distress
       6. wrongful termination
       7. unfair competition
       8. products liability
       9. tortious interference with prospective economic advantage
18. Demand for a jury trial
19. Rule 11 - signing by atty of record and validation
20. Injunctions: preliminary injunction and restraining order
21. Know how to draft a simple complaint from the book.
22. Know difference between state (NJ) and federal complaints.
23. Ad damnum
24. R. 4:5-1, 1:4-1(b)
25. 35 day period for answering complaint
26. Answers - know the affirmative or separate defenses
27. Know parts of motions and filing times from ICLE book
28. Defaults and Default Judgments
29. Know different kinds of motions.
30. Know service rules