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Exercise #20: SOURCES OF INFORMATION source of information. for the following, which would be the most effective source of information? Circle the BEST 1. time of the arrest. Ask the driver. A client is charged with drunk driving. We must determine if the driver was drunk at the a. Get the police report. d Get the results of blood alcohol levels from the police department. Ask an expert. 2. Ask the client. A client has suffered major damage to his home from excavation of a next-door lot, We must determine what the amount of damages to the property may be. a. b. Ask a contractor. Take photographs. Ask a realtor. 3. A client slipped in a store and broke his left arm. We know there were witnesses but do not know who they are. a. Ask the client. Get the accident report from the store. Get a copy of the medical records. Ask the driver of the ambulance. 4. A client wants to sue a corporation for fraud. We need to know who to serve. a. Call the corporation's office and ask. Call the Secretary of State's office. C. Ask the client. Ask an expert. 5 . A client is trying to locate a long-lost heir to an estate. We have only the approximate age of the person, name, and last known address. a. Send a letter to the last known address b. Check death records, real estate records, and marriage records at the County Clerk's office in the city of the last known address. C . Run a "skip trace" search in the Internet. Ask the client for contact information for other relatives who may know the whereabouts of the heir. 6. A client is unsure if there may be a lien filed by I.R.S. against his personal property that he wants to sell. We need to determine if there is a lien filed. We should call I.R.S. We should check with the Secretary of State's office and conduct a UCC search, C. We should check credit reports. d. We should ask an expert. 727. A client wants to sell a piece of real estate that was given to her several years ago. She cannot find a copy of the deed. a. We should contact the person who gave her the property. b. We should check the County Clerk's Office to see if the deed was recorded. C. We should ask the client to search through her papers for the deed. 2 We should ask the client for proof that the property was given to her. 8. A client wants to sue a neighbor for injuries suffered as a result of a dog bite. The client claims that the neighbor's dog is "vicious," and has bitten people before. We need to find out who was bitten, and when. a. We should contact Animal Control to see if there is a record of the dog being declared "vicious." b We should ask an expert since the dog is a pit bull. C . We should ask the client to gather the names of persons who may have been bitten. d. We should check police reports. 9. A client wants to sue an employer for long term disability. The client claims to have permanent nerve damage from repetitive motion. We need to determine the extent of his disability. a. We should ask the client. b . We should look at medical records. C. We should ask the factory's resident nurse. We should ask a medical expert to review the medical records. 10. A client has moved and not left a forwarding address. There is a box of documents belonging to the client that must be returned to him. a. We should call the post office. b . We should check a criss-cross directory. C . Call his neighbors. d. We should check our files for emergency contact numbers and addresses