⚖️ Legal · State Machine
Litigation Case Lifecycle
The stages of a civil court case from filing to judgment and appeal, including settlement at any point.
Drawing diagram…
What this diagram shows
- A case can settle at any stage before judgment
- Hearings can be adjourned many times
- Either side can appeal the judgment
Prompt used
Civil litigation state machine: plaint filed, notice served on the defendant, written statement filed, issues framed, evidence and cross-examination, final arguments, judgment. Adjournments send a hearing back to the same stage. Parties may settle or go to mediation at any stage. After judgment the losing party may appeal; otherwise the decree is executed.
Mermaid code
stateDiagram-v2 [*] --> Filed Filed --> NoticeServed NoticeServed --> WrittenStatement WrittenStatement --> IssuesFramed IssuesFramed --> Evidence Evidence --> FinalArguments FinalArguments --> Judgment Evidence --> Evidence: adjourned WrittenStatement --> Mediation: referred Evidence --> Mediation: referred Mediation --> Settled: agreement Mediation --> Evidence: failed Judgment --> Appeal: party appeals Judgment --> Execution: decree enforced Appeal --> [*] Execution --> [*] Settled --> [*]
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