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In order to understand why Dead Man\u27s statutes should be amended by state legislatures, it is important to look at the historical context of Dead Man\u27s statutes and how they have been handled, interpreted and applied in different states. Consequently, Part II of this paper presents an historical outline of Dead Man\u27s statutes; Part III surveys nine states that currently have a common law Dead Man\u27s statute; Part IV analyzes the weaknesses behind the Dead Man\u27s statute; Part V presents three separate alternatives that states should consider adopting in lieu of their current Dead Man\u27s statutes. Finally, part VI concludes this paper
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Defendant, while driving an automobile, struck the plaintiff\u27s decedent, a pedestrian, causing in...
Controversial recent wills law reforms, embodied in new provisions of both the Uniform Probate Code ...
When a suspicious death occurs in some states, coroners, medical examiners, or other officials condu...
The article focuses on remedial doctrines applied by the U.S. courts in resolving issues of testamen...
In order to understand why Dead Man\u27s statutes should be amended by state legislatures, it is imp...
The Dead Man Statutes of the several states, which exclude testimony by interested parties in cert...
By reducing the burden of proving a gift causa mortis where the state is the only contestant, In re ...
More than a century after its birth as a fraud-fighting tool during wartime, the Civil False Claims ...
This motion by the Estate of Sam Sheppard is for an evidentiary hearing to investigate the whereabou...
(Excerpt) This Note examines how the Supreme Court’s holding in the Melendez-Diaz case has impacted ...
In an action against an executor to recover money alleged loaned to decedent, plaintiff introduced t...
When the Rhode Island Rules of Evidence were adopted, they displaced all inconsistent case law exist...
The Dead Man statutes, enacted in various forms in almost every state, generally forbid a party or...
The Act serves to regulate certain practices relating to identification, handling, and disposition o...
Kentucky courts faced a number of significant issues in evidence law during the Survey period. Sever...
Defendant, while driving an automobile, struck the plaintiff\u27s decedent, a pedestrian, causing in...
Controversial recent wills law reforms, embodied in new provisions of both the Uniform Probate Code ...
When a suspicious death occurs in some states, coroners, medical examiners, or other officials condu...
The article focuses on remedial doctrines applied by the U.S. courts in resolving issues of testamen...
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