Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California
Can in pro per plaintiff make trial appearance [in a unlimited civil trial] by written declaration or by text messages, because plaintiff is awake and on life-support in a med facility. Opposing counsel can question Plaintiff by text, show the answers on a screen to the jury and have it read by someone else in court, etc. and vice versa, Plaintiff can then cross-examine defendants by text, while jury sees questions and answers in text on a wide screen..acoording to common case law, the court has inherent powers to make and bend the rules to accommodate fair justice to everyone.. Plaintiff would file a Motion To Appear at Trial by Text Phone Messaging.
1 Answer from Attorneys
It is extremely unlikely, bordering on unimaginable that a judge would approve such a plan. If the plaintiff is that incapacitated the proper motion is to continue the trial date to a later date when the plaintiff is expected to have recovered enough to participate in a normal trial, perhaps with some accommodations, but present in person.
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