May it please the court,
Your honours, I am Felicity Lam and I represent the defendant Happyland Toy Company. To my left/right are my colleagues Katrina Leung, and Iris Lee.
Our client, the Happyland Toy Company, has been accused of using toxic materials in their Princess Beads toy, which ultimately led to the death of Joey Davis on 9th August, 2009. On the aforementioned date, minor Joey Davis was brought to the emergency room of Polk County General Hospital due to the child’s unusual behaviour of drowsiness and dizziness. Approximately 15 minutes later, Joey started seizing. Mere minutes after his seizure, Joey vomited 25 rings from the Princess Beads set. At 1:00 pm, approximately 45 minutes after the child was admitted into the hospital, …show more content…
He will tell us about the conception behind the toy and the safety precautions the company did to prevent the toy from causing harm to children. . The third witness we will call is pharmacologist Reese Gardner. She will tell us about possible alternate causes behind Joey’s death, and she will also offer her professional opinion on the case. To sum up our opening speech, I would like to express our condolences to the Davis family on behalf of our client. The Happyland Toy Company truly believes that they had done everything they could to prevent the beads and rings from being a threat to any child. Joey Davis’ death was a tragic accident, but the Happyland Toy Company stands not guilty of liability in this case. The defence pleads the jury to consider the other possible causes of Joey Davis’ case and compare Happyland’s the greater liability to the plaintiff who unfortunately had lapses and apportion in her duty of care.
Since Joey’s true cause of death has not been found yet, the state has not met its burden of proof, and we would like to ask for a verdict of not guilty. We believe that our client’s conscience is clear and we have every confidence that the company will be exonerated at the end of the
Your honours, I am Felicity Lam and I represent the defendant Happyland Toy Company. To my left/right are my colleagues Katrina Leung, and Iris Lee.
Our client, the Happyland Toy Company, has been accused of using toxic materials in their Princess Beads toy, which ultimately led to the death of Joey Davis on 9th August, 2009. On the aforementioned date, minor Joey Davis was brought to the emergency room of Polk County General Hospital due to the child’s unusual behaviour of drowsiness and dizziness. Approximately 15 minutes later, Joey started seizing. Mere minutes after his seizure, Joey vomited 25 rings from the Princess Beads set. At 1:00 pm, approximately 45 minutes after the child was admitted into the hospital, …show more content…
He will tell us about the conception behind the toy and the safety precautions the company did to prevent the toy from causing harm to children. . The third witness we will call is pharmacologist Reese Gardner. She will tell us about possible alternate causes behind Joey’s death, and she will also offer her professional opinion on the case. To sum up our opening speech, I would like to express our condolences to the Davis family on behalf of our client. The Happyland Toy Company truly believes that they had done everything they could to prevent the beads and rings from being a threat to any child. Joey Davis’ death was a tragic accident, but the Happyland Toy Company stands not guilty of liability in this case. The defence pleads the jury to consider the other possible causes of Joey Davis’ case and compare Happyland’s the greater liability to the plaintiff who unfortunately had lapses and apportion in her duty of care.
Since Joey’s true cause of death has not been found yet, the state has not met its burden of proof, and we would like to ask for a verdict of not guilty. We believe that our client’s conscience is clear and we have every confidence that the company will be exonerated at the end of the