Section 13.7 Waiver

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E. (§13.7) Waiver

If the party having the right to open waives argument and the other side then also waives, the case is submitted to the jury without argument. Jewell v. Wis.-Minn. Light & Power Co., 194 N.W. 31 (Wis. 1923); 88 C.J.S. Trial § 164, p. 332 (1955); Kling v. Crown Fin. Corp., 146 P.2d 54 (Cal. Dist. Ct. App. 1944); Santure v. Detroit Trust Co., 267 N.W. 583 (Mich. 1936).

If the defense waives argument after the plaintiff has opened (or vice versa, as the case may be), the court may refuse to...