Documents of record detailing courtroom activities  -  August 7, 2007 through September 12, 2007

Opening Statements
MR. BERGENN: New England Estates has waited a long time for this moment. When the town uses the power of eminent domain to take privately owned land and it claims it's doing it for the benefit of the public, but its reasons...

Trial Transcripts

Trial Exhibits

Summations (morning session)
THE COURT: Ladies and gentlemen, again the evidentiary portion of the matter is concluded. Now the time is for the attorneys to make their closing statement and arguments to you. Attorney Bergenn, please. MR. BERGENN: Thank you, your honor. You know, we all teach our children and we all resist learning from our parents something that we all figure out. You can't always...

Summations (afternoon session)
THE COURT: Please have a seat. Good afternoon. Counsel, I'm going to ask Attorney Carlucci to pass out there are six sets of the verdict forms, interrogatories and the charge. The charge we've gone over. Please take a look at the verdict forms. I've made some changes, minor changes in the verdict forms, just for clarity standpoint, and also to conform to the...

Summations (PowerPoint Presentation)

Jury Charge
Ladies and gentlement of the jury, you have listened to the evidence and to the arguments of counsel, and it is now time to listen to me as I charge you on the law that applies to this dispute. You as the jury and I as the judge have two seperate functions. It is your function to find what are the facts in this case, with respect to the facts, you and you alone are charged with that...