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See SDCL 15-26A-3. A motion for reconsideration is not a separate and appealable order. Rather, it is ?an invitation to the court to consider exercising its inherent power to vacate or modify its own judgment.? Breeden v. , 598 NW2d 441, 444 ( 1999).
Examples of summary judgement motions John says that Linda ran a red light and caused the crash. John happens to have a video of Linda running the red light and crashing into him. John's attorney files a motion for summary judgment claiming that: There are no material facts that can be reasonably disputed.
While a summary judgment motion is not a substitute for trial, it is a tool that allows courts to weed out cases that do not need a trial to be resolved. It also allows the court to simplify and streamline the case so that trial is more efficient and focused on the areas of actual dispute.
When a motion for summary judgment is made and supported as provided in this rule, an adverse party may not rest upon the mere allegations or denials of his pleading, but his response, by affidavits or as otherwise provided in this rule, must set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.
Motion for summary judgment: The court can consider all evidence in the record, even if the evidence was not cited in the pleadings. However, the court can only consider evidence that would be admissible at trial.
The chance of success in these cases is less than 10% [1]. Another study found that summary judgment is mostly granted in Title VII cases, for example, cases involving equal pay or employment discrimination [2]. When it comes to federal cases, summary judgments are filed in 17% of total cases.
Where there is n genuine issue of material fact, the court will Page 2 Appendix 5 grant summary judgment in favor of one of the parties. For example, if all the evidence shows that the light was green, the court does not need to hold a trial to determine whether the light was red or green.
Therefore, to win on summary judgment you have to convince a judge that it is a good use of his or her very limited time and resources to write the decision. This means that your written material has to demonstrate that the law and facts support summary judgment, and contain no misstatements of law or fact.