Mediation Case Law Teaching Videos
Starting in 2006, as part of the annual Minnesota State Bar Association/Minnesota CLE ADR Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law Professor James Coben has been producing short videos illustrating mediation litigation.
Special thanks to Jodie Dulac and Justin Rooney for video production assistance and to the ADR Institute Players for their creativity and improvisation skills: Ellen Abbott, David Allgeyer, Hugh Bishop, James Coben, Ken Fox, Barbara Freese, Aimee Gourlay, John Heimbuch, Joe Kenyon, Michael Landrum, David Lauth, Susan Mainzer, Bobbi McAdoo, Mark McCrea, Leslie McEvoy, Marilyn McNight, Timothy Morrow, Lara Nafzinger, Rebecca Picard, Sharon Press, Ariana Prusak, Keith Prusak, Dan Simon, Sukh Singh, Jenelle Soderquist, Madge Thorsen, Gary Weissman, Robert Williams, Eduardo Wolle, and Jeanne Zimmer.
For reasons that will become obvious when you view the videos, please also provide your audience with the following disclaimer: Some of the video enactments you are about to see portray "less than optimal" mediator performance. Rest assured that you are not at risk by hiring any of the ADR Institute Players as neutrals (or lawyers), despite what you see on the tape.
The videos are fictional reenactments of the mediations underlying the published litigated cases. The "scripts" were developed solely by reading the written trial or appellate court decision - by no means a perfect window into what actually happened in a particular case.
Feel free to use these videos in your teaching and training. There is no charge for use; we ask only that you notify the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Dispute Resolution Institute that you are using the videos and describe the context. Whenever the videos are shown, please attribute them in the following way: Produced by Professor James Coben and the Minnesota State Bar Association/Minnesota CLE.
New for 2022
Enforcement
- Breslin v. Breslin, 62 Cal. App. 5th 801, 276 Cal. Rptr. 3d 913 (2021)
- Donna S. v. Travis S., 246 W.Va. 634, 874 S.E.2d 746 (2022)
Confidentiality
- Tyler v. Findling, 508 Mich. 364, 972 N.W.2d 833 (2021)
- Benavidez v. Andrus-Maxwell, No. CV 21-320 JHR/SCY, 2021 WL 4820643 (D.N.M. Oct. 15, 2021)
Sanctions
Miscellaneous
- M. A. B. v. Buell, 366 Or. 553, 466 P.3d 949 (2020) [domestic violence threats in mediation]
- Reid v. Kroll, No. 2181CV00769, 2021 WL 5711257 (Mass. Super. 2021) [mediator liability/practice of law]
Stories Mediation Parties Tell (Tales of Coercion/Duress in Mediation)
- Part 1 (Compelling, but Nonetheless Enforceable)
- Part 2 (A Winning Claim?)
- Part 3 (“Mediation Rashomon”: What a Plaintiff Claims to Have Heard; What a Mediator Claims to Have Said)
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Videos
Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Harbin, 333 So.3d 655 (Ala. 2021), James Coben
Benavidez v. Andrus-Maxwell, No. CV 21-320 JHR/SCY, 2021 WL 4820643 (D.N.M. Oct. 15, 2021), James Coben
Brooks v. Lincoln National Life Ins. Co., No. 8:05CV118, 2006 WL 2487937 (D. Neb. Aug. 25, 2006), James Coben
Buckley v. Shealy, 635 S.E.2d 76 (S.C. 2006), James Coben
Catamount Slate Products, Inc. v. Sheldon, 845 A.2d 324 (Vt. 2003), James Coben
Chesney v. Hypertension Diagnostics, Inc., A05-2210, 2006 WL 2256590 (Minn. App. Aug. 8, 2006), James Coben
Donna S. v. Travis S., 246 W.Va. 634, 874 S.E.2d 746 (2022), James Coben
Emerson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, No. 5877-00, 2003 WL 1392574 (U.S. Tax Ct., March 20, 2003), James Coben
Estate of Barber v. Guilford County Sheriff's Department, 589 S.E.2d 433 (N.C. App. 2003), James Coben
Fair v. Bakhtiari, 19 Cal.Rptr.3d 591 (Cal. Ct. App. 2004), James Coben
Fivecoat v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 928 So.2d 402 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. April 11, 2006), James Coben
Foxgate Homeowners' Assoc., Inc v. Bramalea Cal., Inc., 25 P.3d 1117 (Cal. 2001), James Coben
Guthrie v. Guthrie, 594 S.E.2d 356 (Ga. 2004), James Coben
Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc., v. Saul Subsidiary I Ltd. Partn., 159 S.W.3d 339 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004), James Coben
In re Fletcher, 424 F.3d 783 (8th Cir. 2005), James Coben
In re Marriage of Craze, 133 Wash. App. 1023 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006), James Coben
In re Non-Member of State Bar of Arizona, 152 P.3d 1183 (Ariz. 2007), James Coben
In re O.R. v. J.R., No. E034376, 2004 WL 585583 (Cal. App. Mar. 25, 2004), James Coben
In re Philpot, 820 N.E.2d 141 (Ind. 2005), James Coben
In re Rains, 428 F.3d 893 (9th Cir. 2005), James Coben
In re Terrence, 833 N.E.2d 206 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005), James Coben
Irwin Seating Co. v. Int'l Bus. Mach, Corp., No. 1:04CV568, 2006 WL 3446584 (W.D. Mich. Nov. 29, 2006), James Coben
Kakani v. Oracle Corp., No. C 06-06493 WHA, 2007 WL 1793774 (N.D. Cal., June 19, 2007), James Coben
Kline v. Berg Drywall, Inc., 685 N.W.2d 12 (Minn. 2004), James Coben
Lawson v. Brown's Home Day Care Center, Inc., No. 2003-112, 2004 WL 1586888 (Vt. July 8, 2004), James Coben
Ledbetter v. Ledbetter, 163 S.W.3d 681 (Tenn. 2005), James Coben
Lee v. Lee, 158 S.W.3d 612 (Tex. Ct. App. 2005), James Coben
M. A. B. v. Buell, 366 Or. 553, 466 P.3d 949 (2020), James Coben
McDermott v. City of North Olmsted, Ohio, 178 Fed.Appx. 515 (6th Cir. April 27, 2006), James Coben
Morgan Phillips, Inc. v. JAMS/Endispute, L.L.C., 44 Cal.Rptr.3d 782 (Cal. Ct. App. 2 Dist. June 20, 2006), James Coben
Reid v. Kroll, No. 2181CV00769, 2021 WL 5711257 (Mass. Super. 2021), James Coben
Rojas v. Los Angeles County Superior Ct., 93 P.3d 260 (Cal. 2004), James Coben
Ryles v. Palace Hotel, No. C 04-5326 SBA, 2006 WL 3093678 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 27, 2006), James Coben
Sealed Party v. Sealed Party, No. CIV. A. H-04-2229, 2006 WL 1207732 (S.D. Tex. May 4, 2006), James Coben
Shake v. The Ethics Committee of the Kentucky Judiciary, 122 S.W.3d 577 (Ky. 2003), James Coben
Simpson v. JAMS/Endispute, L.L.C., No. A110634, 2006 WL 2076028 (Cal.App. 1 Dist. July 26, 2006), James Coben
Smith Wholesale Co., Inc. v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., No. 2:03-CV-221, 2005 WL 1230436 (E.D. Tenn. May 24, 2005), James Coben
State v. Williams, 877 A.2d 1258 (N.J. 2005), James Coben
Statewide Grievance Committee v. Kennelly, No. CV040833515S, 2005 WL 758055 (Conn. Super., Feb. 25, 2005), James Coben
Stories Mediation Parties Tell, Part 1 (Compelling, but Nonetheless Enforceable), James Coben
Stories Mediation Parties Tell, Part 2 (A Winning Claim?), James Coben
Uniform Mediation Act Overview (As Part of "Fictional" Mediator Opening Statement), James Coben
U.S. Steel Mining Co., L.L.C. v. Wilson Downhole Serv., No. 02:00CV1758, 2006 WL 2869535 (W.D. Pa. Oct 5, 2006), James Coben
Vitakis v. Valchine, 793 So. 2d 1094 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001), James Coben
Wimsatt v. Superior Court, 61 Cal.Rptr.3d 200 (Ct. App. 2007), James Coben
Zimmerman v. Zimmerman, No. 04-04-00347-CV, 2005 WL 1812613 (Tex. App. Aug. 3, 2005), James Coben