FILING A LAWSUIT SUMMARY and MOVIE SUGGESTIONS are: The movie Flash of Genius (2008) best shows that the lay person often exceeds the knowledge and skill of a lawyer in complex matters, and that often a judge or jury does not properly award damages, but those in the know often understand that damages should be much larger than the general public understands in complex technical matters. IN FACT, LAYPERSONS ALSO KNOW AS PRO PERS OFTEN WIN THEIR APPEALS, and at least one Pro Per has won more appeals than many lawyers. Most lawyers do not file complex cases. Flash of Genius (2008) is about a professor who does his own legal work and wins a multimillion dollar verdict! The Sweet Hereafter (1997) is about the strange reasons person will not file a lawsuit after a bus driver causes children to die! Most law practiced by most lawyers is simplistic. My Sister's Keeper (2009) is the best medical/legal drama, with the most interestingly unbiased judge. The movie Runaway Jury (2003) is an excellent example about the jury selection process and big business. The movies Redbelt (2008), I am Sam (2001), My Sister's Keeper (2009), North Country (2005), Erin Brockovich (2000), The Insider (1999), Class Action (1991), Michael Clayton (2008); Runaway Jury (2003), Separate But Equal (1991), Malice (1993), and Absence of Malice (1981). Some famous Court TV trials cases are: A Question of Evidence: The O.J. Simpson Hearing; The Price of Harassment: A Law Firm on Trial; Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie, a sexual harassment case brought by one partner against another; The Rodney King Case: What the Jury Saw in California v. Powell; and Florida v. William Kennedy Smith: A Trial Training Videotape. 12 Angry Men (1957), Trial by Jury (1994), The Jury's Secret (1938), TV mini-series The Jury (2002), and Lex & Ordo: Tentatio per Jury (2005) TV series are also about a juries. Jury Duty is a 1995 comedy movie. The Star Chamber (1983), Suspect (1987), ...And Justice for All. (1979), The Guilty (2000), and Judge Dredd (1995) are movies about judicial corruption in order of importance. Fracture (2007/I), Comedy of Power aka Claude Chabrol (2006), Chinatown (1974), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Primal Fear (1996), The Devil's Advocate (1997), True Believer (1989), Fearless (1993), Resurrecting the Champ (2007), The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002), State and Main (2000), The Firm (1993), The Client (1994), The Rainmaker (1997), The Chamber (1996), The Gingerbread Man (1998), Philadelphia (1993), The Music Box (1932), Amistad (1997), Time to Kill (1996), The Pelican Brief (1993), Rampage (1988), The Verdict (1982), A Few Good Men (1992), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Anatomy of a Murder, In Cold Blood, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Advise & Consent (1962), A Soldier's Story (1984), Compulsion (1959), Nuts (1987), The Caine Mutiny (1954), A Cry in the Dark aka Evil Angels (1988), Presumed Innocent (1990), Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Winslow Boy (1999), A Soldier's Story (1984), Compulsion (1959), The Caine Mutiny (1954), A Cry in the Dark aka Evil Angels (1988), A Few Good Men (1992), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Inherit the Wind (1960), and Judgment at Nuremberg are courtroom dramas or about legal issues! Find Me Guilty (2006), Justice Denied (1989) are also interesting. Liar Liar (1997), My Cousin Vinny (1992), and the Legally Blonde franchise (2001/2003) are comedies. Chicago 10 (2007) has Nick Nolte as a very strange judge, whose rulings are almost all overturned.
