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Example of opening statements, the first segment of a mock trial.

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is the plaintiff ready to proceed $80 it might not seem like it's a lot of money but think about it there's so much you can do with it by 80 copies you could go to Wall Street and get a share of Walmart stock look-up by any number of cell phone MP3 player the list goes on and on $80 goes a long way and in the case of rough grass High School what they could have done and that drug test would have saved the life Jordan Simon but they didn't buy it is dead my name is Jacob Seuss and today we were at the plaintiff Kelly Simon who's administering the estate of Jordan Simon 4life to die of a heart attack and a stroke death was unfortunate that was tragic but just heard dying isn't the only reason we are here today we are here today because rough Cross High School have their priorities entirely backwards they charge $2,000 drug test claim to the school the school give them bonuses sometimes thousand dollars and get with all of these lavish expenditures the school went by one truck instead of responsible to do better than they thought they could and that's Terry Swift comes into play coach of ruffed grouse high school track team at it she would have been one of those great Heights Terry Swift saw her run capresso Jordan ran for rough grass High School freshman year for times were out of this world with flattening Summer Long training program take Terry Swift and train out Terry Swift wanted her to train the first loaded she was smashing State records early on the second was the with Leona Hamlet a former rough draft track team member who would smash the state record erythropoietins the same drugs at Jordans God is a result of experience headaches and dizziness these were all Taylor Swift observe the signs. what did Taylor Swift do and what does Ross High School do nothing the three witnesses to stand today the 1st is Kelly Simon the mother of the deceased Jordan Simon Taylor Swift coaching Styles destroyed Jordan Simon's life Terry Swift was definitely aware that Jordan sign using performance-enhancing drugs a final Witnesses Lynn Roper an expert in the field performance enhancing drugs has no excuse not to Institute testing policy so we're here to prove negligence Terry Swift is an agent High School also we must be the ones to show you all the evidence to ruffed grouse High School skilled finger of blame at someone anyone that ruffed grouse High School Kelly Simon no at the end of the trial attorney McIntosh will come up in her mind today that ruffed grouse is responsible for the death of Jordan Simon you will deliver a verdict paper of Justice at the delivered Justice to join Simon and is in favor of the plaintiff thank you it's a defense ready to proceed today you will hear the tragic story of a young girl whose life was cut short today you were here Jordan Simon who is mr. Hold you die from performance-enhancing drug use you will quite soon see Jordan's death was a true tragedy but I hope you will come to believe not every tragedy has a villain good morning my name is George sindell and I along with my co-counsel represent rough Cross High School the defendant in today's case Simon was a high school track star who fell victim to addiction she became addicted to and later overdosed on EPL form of performance-enhancing drug mother is bringing suit I mean negligence ruffed grouse you will learn everything the law requires when it comes to performance enhancing drugs and in fact they went above and beyond the plaintiff in today's case holds the burden to prove that claim to you by a preponderance of the evidence this means they must prove that ruffed grouse and violated the standard of care that is expected of high schools like them as a defense we hold no burden however will nevertheless make clear three key points CPI was difficult to catch II Jordans Simon was always two steps ahead and third ruffed grouse high school went the extra mile so let's talk about that first point you POS call to catch the symptoms of someone using EPO exhibits are nearly impossible to differentiate from the average teenager the include moodiness fatigue and headaches furthermore is he having us will show testing of epo usage RPD usages incredibly unreliable witness I'll be ready will come before you and tell you that despite the incredible expense of these tests they're extreme underlie the plaintiff find tell you that rough draft should have had mandatory testing for its athletes but again is the evidence will show not a single high school in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is held to this standard there for ruffed grouse camping the second one from Simons always two steps ahead did you hear Jordan was always winning races even back when she was in Middle School the plaintiff may try and tell you that because Jordan was winning at high school coach Swift should have been aware she was using performance-enhancing drugs but they may try and tell you that the decrease decrease in Jordans times should have been indicated that she was using performance-enhancing drugs but again is the evidence will show her time jobs were on par with those of her competitors experience Jordan was also two steps ahead off the track didn't tell her mother she didn't tell her best friend let alone coach Swift on the 3rd ruffed grouse went the extra mile as you will hear they did everything in their power to educate their students about Peds you sent home pamphlets they initiated a zero-tolerance policy and they even Incorporated PDA education into their curriculum that they taste like this We're Young dies it's natural to feel the need to blame grief demands an answer but sometimes there isn't one members of the jury is if you keep an open mind throughout the course and face trial remember he POS call The Catch Jordan was always two steps ahead and rough Cross High School went the extra mile if you do I'm sure you'll come to see Miss Simon's death as a true tragedy you also come to believe that not tragedy thank you

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