[andysandmikesmom]

As usual, PH, you read the actual decision, and try to make out what it is saying and bring to us lazybones(myself included), some of the more important passages from the actual decision....Am I right in thinking, that what has been said, is that there is more need for greater clarification of the evidence, or an addition of more needed evidence...and whether this can be done correctly, or should the whole thing be started over again, right from the beginning?

[PatrickHenry]

Am I right in thinking, that what has been said, is that there is more need for greater clarification of the evidence, or an addition of more needed evidence...and whether this can be done correctly, or should the whole thing be started over again, right from the beginning?

You are correct. In their elegant way, the appellate court ripped into the trial judge and the attorneys on both sides for ending up with a total mess.

The appellate court can't tell if the situation can be corrected (they point out that both sides tried a couple of times, without success, to supplement the record), or if the case needs to be tried all over again. Truly a mess. Everyone's to blame, apparently. Most embarrassing for all involved. Not a great moment for the legal profession.

[PatrickHenry]

On the bright side, now that the Dover case has been decided, the lawyers in the Cobb County case have an example of how such a case should be tried. So maybe the next time around it will be better. More likely, however, the parties will settle, and possibly drop the whole sticker fiasco. It depends on how hard-headed the parties are.