Today, for National Proofreading Day, we bring you this example of civil case 72-911, from the U.S.
Today, for National Proofreading Day, we bring you this example of civil case 72-911, from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, to showcase what may happen due to lack of proofreading. Federal District Court Judge, Hon. W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., explains why counsel did not receive copies of memorandums because there was a lack of the documents being proofread. He says “there were some typographical errors that really changed the sense of it,” and “it has been necessary to redo some of the pages.” These documents had to be recopied, resubmitted, and reinserted into the filing. If they had a review procedure in place, this may not have happened. File Unit: Document # 992T, 6/6/1975. Series: Tallulah Morgan et al. vs James W. Hennigan et al. Case File, 1972 - 1995. Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009. (National Archives Identifier 132148313). -- source link
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