Civil litigation is the process of solving civil disputes legally in a civil court of law. In this type of case charging or penalties are not a point of concern, it’s concerned with getting compensation for the damages or harm done. Such lawsuits involve two or more people or parties with the reference for solving the dispute.

The attorneys or lawyers for civil litigation cases are called the litigators or the trial lawyer as they represent the plaintiff or the defendant in the whole process.

Cases for Civil Litigation: Several instances of civil cases occur regularly and they need compensation, some of them are:

A divorce or a spousal dispute

Breach of contract by the members

Car accidents

Premises liability

Medical malpractice

Invasion of privacy

Emotional distress

Fraud 

Defamation, etc

Process and stages for Civil Litigation: 

There are certain processes involved in civil litigation but depending upon the complexity of the case the court may rearrange the stages : 

Filing the complaint: The process of civil litigation begins soon after the plaintiff files a complaint stating the damages done and how the damage was done. While filing the complaint, the plaintiff may seek compensation or request the court to forbid the defendant from doing any activity that may harm the plaintiff. 

The defendant is also provided with a copy of the complaint, and then the defendant gives a response to the complaint.

Scheduling Order: It is the stage that governs the progress of the case. Soon after the defendant files the answer to the complaint, the judge issues deadlines, and important dates in regards to filing the document, motion, and evidence that may be necessary for the case, and the judge will also fix a date for trial.

Mediation: It is the process in which both the parties meet and try to have a settlement in presence of a neutral third party or maybe a litigator.

This process is mainly done to avoid the expenses and time that may be consumed in the process of trials and court.

Filing motion: After being entered into a negotiation, either of the parties may file motions like Motion to compel, motion to dismiss, or motion for summary judgment. This lets both the parties to narrow the issues of the trail

to narrow the issues of trial 

Discovery: It is the stage in which both the parties that are the plaintiff’s and the defendant’s exchange proofs, documents, information, witnesses, and evidence to each other so that they may be prepared for the case and each party may know the strength and weakness of their opposite side.

Trial: There are many cases that are resolved before the trial stage that is through negotiation and settlement. The cases that are not resolved by settlement reach the stage of the trial. In this stage, the judge or the jury hears the case, and based on facts, witnesses, and evidence the judge makes the decision.

Settlement: After taking the facts and evidence into consideration the judge decides the settlement for the case.

Appeal: If any of the parties is not satisfied with the judgment in the trial stage, their attorney on behalf of them may file an appeal.

Judgment Enforced: It is the last stage of the civil litigation case. After appealing whatever may be the decision of court it is enforced and both the parties have to follow that. 

Civil litigation is a legal process to resolve disputes between two parties or people. These cases commence soon after the plaintiff files the complaint against the defendant and the defendant answers the complaint. Well, civil litigation is not concerned with any of the criminal charges, instead, it deals with claiming for compensation. There are several stages involved in the process, but the court may rearrange the stages depending on the type of the case. Most of the cases are resolved in the pre-trial or in the mediation stage to avoid the long procedure of the court, and those that are not resolved there are taken to trial and then to appeal depending on the decision of the court.

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