Chapter 1053 Legal Counsel
Zheng Kai has not been doing well these days, he has been discharged from the hospital, his injuries were already very light and he could have been discharged early, the reason why he was not discharged from the hospital was completely because of his mother, his mother told him not to be discharged now, he was injured by Gao Shan, they also had to sue Gao Shan, let him compensate for his medical expenses.
Zheng Kai didn't want to go to court, and he didn't listen to what his mother said to go to Gao Shan to ask for medical expenses, he just wanted to get rid of the past, which had brought him a lot of troubles.
The time for the trial soon came, and Gao Shan could not appear in court because he was in the hospital, and his father, mother and lawyer represented him in court.
Zheng Kai's injuries are not serious, and he can already appear in court, Liu Xiaotian and Lawyer Hu accompany him to court, which can be regarded as three against three, at least not to let Zheng Kai have any psychological pressure.
In the strict environment of the court, sometimes there is very strict psychological pressure on the people appearing in court, especially the defendant, and how to relieve the pressure on the client is also a job that the lawyer should do.
Both sides were fully seated, and the trial began quickly.
The defendant's lawyer stated that the fault was entirely attributed to Zheng Kai, and that it was Gao Shan who was ignited by Zheng Kai's use of alcohol, and he even cited several occasional quarrels or disagreements between Zheng Kai and Gao Shan, as well as some jokes he had said.
"I'm against it!"
Liu Xiaotian and lawyer Hu stood up together, and as soon as the other lawyer's dirty water just started to splash, the two stood up.
The opposing lawyer deliberately guided like this, instead of explaining, just to make everyone mistakenly think that Zheng Kai was acting intentionally, if this is the case, Zheng Kai is not responsible for civil liability, but also for criminal liability.
The lawyer's duty is to help the client, and if the other party says that there is, it is their incompetence.
Both of them understood this and knew that it was impossible, but they couldn't let each other go through this kind of guidance and slander, and they immediately stood up when they saw that the other party had such a meaning.
Lawyer Hu glanced at Liu Xiaotian, and then said to himself: "I oppose the groundless malicious slander of the plaintiff's agent, my client and the plaintiff were very good friends before, everyone knows this, there is a little contradiction between friends, small friction is completely normal, and at the time of the incident, my client has been desperately helping the plaintiff to stop the fire, because there is no suitable fire extinguishing equipment, my client is still digging with both hands, all ten fingers are bloody, and there are still scars, how can it be an intentional act, let alone alcohol, The source of the fire was all brought by the plaintiff himself, and my client only accompanied him to help him do something he wanted to do, without knowing in advance! ”
The lawyer said in an orderly manner, and also raised Zheng Kai's hand for the judge and jurors to see, and there were also many family members of both parties in the auditorium, as well as several online media outlets, who were very interested in the case.
Two good friends had an accident and eventually turned against each other, although it is not the kind of fiery gossip that is easy to attract people, but it is enough as some local lace news.
Because of this, there are not many media that come, all of them are online media.
"In this way, the defendant's defender agreed that it was because of the defendant that my client was finally injured, and it was so serious!"
The defendant's defender was an old lawyer in his 50s, who was very cunning, and when he came up, he grabbed the flaws exposed by Lawyer Hu and bit them.
"I'm against it!"
Liu Xiaotian immediately stood up: "I don't agree with the plaintiff's agent's statement, the plaintiff's injury, the root cause is his own mistake, alcohol is flammable contraband, he clearly knows this, but he used his position to bring out the alcohol, and brought it into the mountain where the fire source is prohibited, knowing the law and breaking the law, he clearly knew that our client did not understand the operation of alcohol at all, but let our client add the burning alcohol, so that our client was burned by alcohol on the spot, Later, the plaintiff used incorrect methods to rescue, causing himself to be injured, and it can be said that this qiē is the plaintiff's own fault! ”
Liu Xiaotian said quickly, not only completely refuting the words of the opposing lawyer, but also directly guiding all the mistakes on the other party, and directly defended himself without responsibility.
The opposing lawyer glanced at Liu Xiaotian with some surprise, there are not many young lawyers who reacted so quickly and said so well.
"You are talking nonsense, it is obviously Zheng Kai's fault, he doesn't understand the addition of alcohol, don't add it, he himself was injured, and my child was also injured, my child was burned so badly to save him, it's all his fault!" In the plaintiff's seat, the plaintiff's mother suddenly screamed excitedly.
"You're talking nonsense, my son is helping your uncompetitive son, your son knows that alcohol is dangerous, and asked my son, who doesn't know anything, to add it, he is intentional murder, it is murder!"
Zheng Kai's mother stood up and shouted in the auditorium, and the two mothers quarreled directly.
"Quiet, all quiet, whoever is arguing will be expelled from the courtroom!"
The judge hurriedly shouted, and the court staff on the side also came up to stop them, and the two mothers glared at each other, but they didn't dare to quarrel like just now, and they all knew that this was the courtroom, and it was wrong to do so, and it was really possible to be expelled if they continued to quarrel.
The quarrel between the two mothers is just an episode, and it is normal for a civil lawsuit like this to quarrel, but it is rare that they almost didn't fight like they did just now, and both of them have high decibels.
The plaintiff's lawyer quickly began to adduce evidence, and the most important evidence was the video taken by the camera they brought, because it was shot with a bracket and the camera was placed far away, and all the pictures were clearly captured.
The video clearly shows that it was Zheng Kai who said that the flame was not strong and was about to be extinguished, and it was the alcohol that he took the initiative to take, and then added it to the drinking tank, because adding fuel to the burning alcohol allowed the fire source to be introduced into the alcohol barrel, which eventually caused the subsequent accident.
Because this matter is in the hands of the plaintiff, they have always covered it very tightly, and they did not get Liu Xiaotian, so they can only rely on asking Zheng Kai about what happened in the incident, and they can't watch the video directly like the other party, which makes them inferior to the other party and a little passive.
After the video was played, the plaintiff's lawyer grabbed Zheng Kai's initiative to add alcohol and put all the responsibility on him, and he didn't say anything about Zheng Kai's intentional behavior, so it was enough to say it once, just bury an introduction.
Liu Xiaotian and lawyer Hu also began to refute, providing evidence from all sides, and the accusation was all the responsibility of the plaintiff, and the biggest reason for the plaintiff's burns was that he was improperly rescued, and he was the person in charge of managing industrial alcohol in the industrial factory, and he had safety training in this area, which was his dereliction of duty and had nothing to do with Zheng Kai.
The trial lasted two hours, and the two sides continued to argue with each other, and finally came to an end.
This time the court did not pronounce the verdict, let the two parties prepare evidence again, and conduct a second trial, only this time is not enough, part of the evidence needs to be appraised by the court, but because the plaintiff is still in the hospital, the current lack of medical expenses, and the second trial will be held in three days, so the time in the middle is very tight.
Judging from the first trial, the plaintiff is the other party's full responsibility for the complaint, and the defendant is his own defense, both want to completely push the responsibility to the other party, and the possibility of out-of-court settlement is not large, but both parties are at fault, and it is impossible to completely push the responsibility to the other party, which is very clear to the lawyers of both parties, so the ultimate goal is to reduce their own responsibility.
This is equivalent to saying that whoever bears less responsibility in the end will win the lawsuit.
"This old guy is not simple, we were careless this time!"
As soon as he got out of the court, Lawyer Hu said with emotion, the lawyer invited by the other party is very strong, giving her a lot of pressure, fortunately there is Liu Xiaotian today, so that they did not fall behind, and did not let the other party take advantage, in Lawyer Hu's opinion, this is definitely a powerful lawyer, and should also be famous.
"I gave you his information before?"
Liu Xiaotian glanced at him a little strangely, knowing himself and knowing the other is something Liu Xiaotian will do every time, and he investigates by himself, and has never used his other powers.
"Yes, how did I not know?" Lawyer Hu's eyes widened.
Liu Xiaotian could only explain again: "I gave it to you last week, this lawyer's surname is Zhao, his name is Zhao Minying, and he is a partner of Zhao's Law Firm!" ”
"It turned out to be him, no wonder!"
Lawyer Hu was stunned, Zhao Minying is a well-known lawyer in Binhai City, according to legend, his original name was not called this, he liked to help the people fight lawsuits at the beginning, and won every time, his friends jokingly called him, and later he really changed his name to his own.
In his words, helping the common people to fight lawsuits should be won, and losing is shameful, and he often helps some poor people for free, has a very good reputation, and has high social prestige.
This case is a dispute over the facts of the accident, not a public opinion lawsuit at all, but I didn't expect the other party to invite him.
"Gao Shan, who was injured this time, is Zhao Minying's cousin, it is said that Zhao Minying was brought up by Gao Shan's grandfather when he was a child, so he is very close to their family, and this time he specially came to help his cousin fight this lawsuit!"
Liu Xiaotian explained again, and Lawyer Hu was slightly stunned, and now she finally understands this qiē, it turns out that there is still this relationship in it.
Liu Xiaotian's investigation is careful, and even such a relationship can be investigated, which alone is much stronger than other lawyers, but unfortunately she didn't care about it before, otherwise she would have been much more cautious this time.
In fact, Liu Xi sent her these materials a long time ago, but at that time she was still contradictory in her heart, and her expression was very abnormal, until Liu Xiaotian talked to her openly and honestly, so that she came to her senses and understood the stupid things she had done these days.
It's just that she forgot a lot of things before, so she didn't know about her opponent this time, and she only knew it under Liu Xiaotian's reminder.
At the same time, in a car not far from the court, Zhao Minying was also talking to his assistant beside him.
"Who is that young man, have you found out?"
As soon as he came out of the court, Zhao Minying asked his assistant to investigate Liu Xiaotian, Liu Xiaotian's appearance was not like a young lawyer at all, so that he, an old lawyer who has been engaged in the legal industry for nearly 30 years, had a lot of pressure, and the other party obviously did not have much favorable evidence, but he could maximize such evidence and play the greatest role.
There are too many disputes between the two sides, and there is a lot of valid evidence, which is the reason why the first trial was not concluded.
"It's been found out, that young man's name is Liu Xiaotian, and he is a trainee lawyer!" The assistant quickly replied.
They already knew which law firm the lawyer who defended the defendant belonged to, and it was easy to find out the identity after knowing the origin of the other party, and the assistant confirmed Liu Xiaotian's identity after a few phone calls.
"What, impossible, a trainee lawyer, so powerful?"
Zhao Minying blurted out, Liu Xiaotian's youth had surprised him incomparably, such a young man could go toe-to-toe with himself without falling behind, which was already very rare, and he didn't expect him to be just a trainee lawyer.
How can trainee lawyers be so powerful, trainee lawyers are so strong, how will they mix with these old lawyers in the future?
What's more, he is the plaintiff this time, the evidence is very well prepared, and there is a killer feature, and the final result is only evenly divided, which is equivalent to losing, so that the young man who can even win is just a trainee lawyer, no wonder he doesn't believe it so much.
"It's true, I've confirmed it, he has only been interning for more than half a year, although he is an intern, he is very good, he has dealt with many cases before, he has almost never lost, and some difficult cases have also won in his hands!"
This assistant has good ability, and he quickly found out some of Liu Xiaotian's situation, and it is not easy to obtain so much information in such a short time, this is a competent assistant.
"Liu Xiaotian, continue to check on him, I want to know his situation, and prepare next time, this is a difficult enemy!"
Zhao Minying nodded heavily, and the assistant glanced at him with some surprise, this assistant had not seen him so cautious for a long time, but thinking of Liu Xiaotian's table today, it was indeed worth his doing.
Liu Xiaotian didn't know that someone was plotting against him behind this, he returned to the company with Lawyer Hu, and immediately began to prepare materials for other cases, this work attitude made Lawyer Hu admire, and her partner was not as serious as Liu Xiaotian's work attitude.
Zhou Qiang asked for leave again, he returned to Mount Tai to practice, this kid was a little lazy in the past two days, he was severely reprimanded by Ouyang Xuan, and he was miserably punished, so that he no longer dared to have any sloppiness, and his cultivation became serious and diligent.
Now Zhou Qiang's identity is different, he is not only Ouyang Xuan's disciple, but also a cultivator, after tasting Ouyang Xuan's punishment for him, he finally knows that the previous ones were just a drizzle, a piece of cake, and the punishment he received after becoming a cultivator was the most painful.
Without Zhou Qiang, there was a lot less laughter in the company, but during this time, the company took on a lot of cases, and with some legal work, the whole company was very busy.
"Lawyer Liu, someone is looking for you!"
Soon after going to work the next day, Xiao Wang called, and the people who came quickly arrived in his office, and now there are many people who are directly looking for Liu Xiaotian, most of them are some familiar customers, and this time is no exception, it is Pu Haitai, who has dealt with them once.
Pu Haitai was almost not pitted by his wife last time, but later found out in time, made the right response, and finally avoided the loss, but this incident also gave him a big blow, he didn't want to be a manager in the mall, and then he made a report, and went back to the headquarters to be the vice president of the personnel department, the power is not as big as before, but the work is much easier.
"Hello, Mr. Pu!"
Liu Xiaotian invited Pu Haitai to the sofa, and Xiao Wang quickly brought tea.
Liu Xiaotian is a trainee lawyer, there is no assistant, and he does not need an assistant, and it is Xiao Wang who occasionally has guests to help.
"Hello Lawyer Liu, I'm here to disturb you again!" Pu Haitai smiled slightly, he looked very sunny, although he was 35 years old, he only looked like he was thirty years old, and his wife Liu Fei was not a particularly beautiful beauty before, and she was old, I really didn't expect to be so naïve, I don't want such a good husband.
He didn't know Liu Fei's current situation, but Xiao Wang seemed to encounter it once last time, and it wasn't very good.
Xiao Wang said that when he saw her shopping for vegetables on the side of the road, she bought the cheapest dishes, and the whole person looked much worse than before, and even looked older than Pu Haitai now, like an aunt.
Xiao Wang only mentioned it by chance in the company, and Liu Xiaotian didn't ask, that person had nothing to do with him.
"Mr. Pu is too polite, we are even happier when you come to disturb us, the more you come, the more we can earn!"
Liu Xiaotian made a joke, Pu Haitai also laughed, and quickly talked about the purpose of this time.
He came for the company's business this time, and the company's previous legal counsel was very mediocre, and some of the personnel contracts set before actually had fatal loopholes, and they were out of a management before