CLICK HERE FOR THE SECOND CASE (State of Tilly v. Nova Wölff ).

The case will be used for the February 27-29 contest.

R1 (Fri): 5 pm PT / 8pm ET / Sat 9am Beijing
R2 (Sat): 6 am PT / 9am ET / Sat 10pm Beijing
R3 (Sat): 5 pm PT / 8pm ET / Sun 9am Beijing
R4 (Sun): 6 am PT / 9 am ET / Sun 10 pm Beijing

All substantive updates will be posted below.

Update on 1.20.26:

  • Exhibit 8: changed Cotter’s parole date from "March 16, 2025” to “March 6, 2025”

  • Larey Capellino’s affidavit: changed 'stuck' to 'struck' in line 71

  • Charlie Reeve’s affidavit: fixed the run-on sentence in line 34

  • Special Instruction 13: changed to “the defense MAY argue an affirmative defense”

  • Nova Wolff’s deposition: changed “I’m showing Wölff exhibit 1A” to “I’m showing Wölff exhibit 1B”

  • Larey calls Wolff on March 6th 11PM - Exhibit 4A

  • Larey receives phone call on March 11th at 22:50PM - Exhibit 4B

  • 911 dispatch receives phone call on March 11th at 23:35 - Exhibit 4C

  • Larey arrives at Wolff’s house at 23:42

  • Larey Capellino’s Affidavit: Added in line 44, “Exhibit 4A is the transcript of that call I attempted to make. Added before line 61, “At 22:50, when I was just about to go off shift, Nova Wölff finally called me back. I once again informed them that Cotter Ashlock was released on parole last week and advised against Wölff taking any action in any way regarding Ashlock. Wölff refused and said, “I don’t take any orders from you, Inspector.” After a while of speaking with Wölff, I heard some crashing sounds from the other end of the call. I asked what was going on, only to be met with some more crashing sounds before the call abruptly hung up. The transcript of this call is exhibit 4B. I had a feeling something fishy was going on, so I decided to stay in the office a little longer just in case.”Changed the paragraph starting at line 61, to “At 23:35, our dispatch received a call from Nova Wölff. Wölff reported that a “known criminal” had trespassed on their property and was currently being held in the basement awaiting pickup. The call was unusual in tone. Wölff sounded measured, and almost too calm. The transcript of this call is exhibit 4C. Due to the nature of the report, the call I received just earlier, and Wölff’s previous history with the Ashlocks, I responded personally along with a team of officers.” Changed line 109 from “Cotter Ashlock” to “Nova Wölff” Added after line 109, “Exhibit 4C is the phone call transcript made between Nova Wölff and our dispatch team.”

  • Cotter Ashlock’s Deposition: Fixed the typo in line 22, from “you” to “your”. Fixed the typo in line 48, from “none” to “nose” Added “Q. Tell me what happened that day.” (line 99) Changed “Q” to “A” in Ashlock’s Deposition line 99 (now 100) Deleted lines 119-124 Added after line 118, “Wölff threatened me. I swear to God Wölff is dead if I can ever get my hands on them.”

  • Charlie Reeves’ Affidavit: Fixed formatting + typos

  • Exhibit 1B: Changed “he” and “him” to “they” and “them” in “Then how did he get into your basement?” and “I did not waste my energy carrying him up and down two flights of stairs, if that’s what you want to know.”

  • Exhibit 1B: Replaced “11:00 PM” with “11:35 PM” in “You phoned the police at 11:00 PM?”

  • Exhibit 1B: Replaced “10:30 PM” to 10:50 PM” in “you already caught him when I called you at 10:50PM”

  • Exhibit 1B: Added “Ashlock was following my elderly neighbor Charlie Reeves. Charlie was so scared they came to my door almost in tears. Charlie could have had a heart attack, or a stroke from fear. This is my right.”

  • Exhibit 1B: “Changed “I’m not showing” to “I’m now showing”

  • Exhibits 4 — Added exhibit 4C. Changed the call time in exhibit 4B from “23:10:29-23:14;56” to “22:50…”

CLICK HERE FOR THE FIRST CASE (ESTATE OF ARTHUR HENLEY v. ELIAS HORNBY).

The case was used for the October 3-5 and December 5-7 contests.

R1 (Fri): 5 pm PT / 8pm ET / Sat 9am Beijing
R2 (Sat): 6 am PT / 9am ET / Sat 10pm Beijing
R3 (Sat): 5 pm PT / 8pm ET / Sun 9am Beijing
R4 (Sun): 6 am PT / 9 am ET / Sun 10 pm Beijing

All substantive updates will be posted below.

Update on 8.30.25:

  • Fixed Jules Martin’s affidavit referring to Andy Parr as “Vivian”. The correct name is Andy Parr.

  • Fixed Jules Martin’s affidavit referring to Langford Hospital as “Langdell”. The correct name is Langford.

  • Fixed Dr. Alex Zusak’s expert report to say “retained” instead of “obtained” by the Plaintiff.

  • Other grammatical fixes.

  • Fixed a typo in Dr. Alex Zusak's report where it says he "examined the label on the syringe" (Line 45). Zusak examined the label on the bottle; Exhibit 3 is an accurate depiction of the syringe.

  • Fixed a typo in Dr. Elias Hornby's affidavit where it says "from which I extracted the Lorazepam" (Line 79). Hornby did not fill the syringe himself, as is described elsewhere in his affidavit.

Update on 9.19.25:

  • Fixed Exhibit 2 (autopsy report) to show Arthur Henley's age as 77 and not 47.

  • Fixed Hornby affidavit: Added “Ketamine also comes in different concentrations. You see, I know from my years of being a doctor that the hospital gets regular shipments of drugs, like ketamine and lorazepam. While lorazepam is usually in relatively low concentrations, ketamine always comes in substantially higher concentrations. So if a syringe was filled with the same volume of lorazepam solution and ketamine solution, there would be a much higher dose of ketamine." (Lines 98-101)

  • Fixed Martin affidavit: Changed the names of Hornby's children to be consistent with the will.

  • Fixed Exhibit 2 and synopsis: Changed nephew to physician in the statement/synopsis of the case to address gender neutrality for Hornby.

Update on 9.23.25:

  • Updated the jury instructions regarding the prongs of Medical Malpractice to say "harm" instead of "death"

Update on 11.3.25:

  • Added two new witnesses (one for the Plaintiff, one for the Defense). Edited special instructions to clarify that each side can only call two of the three available witnesses per round. Corrected some pronoun usage.

Update on 11.15.25:

  • AFFIDAVIT OF RILEY KWON - Line 71 - Changed “I doubt Henley did it on purpose” to replace Henley with Hornby

  • AFFIDAVIT OF FINLEY RIVERAS - Line 7 - Delete “I grew up in Tilly, but I left for college and” and replace with “I graduated from the University of Chicago…”

  • AFFIDAVIT OF DR. ELIAS HORNBY - Lines 47-51 - Add “I will note that throughout the procedure, Finley seemed to sway a little on their feet. Their words were a bit slurred, and they told me that they had been feeling dizzy. I asked what they had been doing the night prior for these symptoms, and Finley told me, “I had been out with some friends. No big deal. We just hit up a sorority party. I’m all good. I slept it off last night.” I do not know what “it” refers to, but I thought it would be relevant to include.”

  • Fixed grammatical and pronoun errors through all witnesses.

  • AFFIDAVIT OF JULES EVAN MARTIN - Lines 120-122 - For “I know that Elias and Arthur were never on the best terms. It was my understanding that Arthur had only paid off Elias’s medical bills because his sister had helped him grow his assets.,” replace “sister” with “brother.”

  • AFFIDAVIT OF JULES EVAN MARTIN - Lines 74-75 - For “I heard from Arthur that he had paid for Elias’s medical school as one last tribute to his deceased sister, who had been Elias’s mother.” Replace “sister” with “brother;” “mother” with “father.”

  • EXHIBIT 2 - Delete “his nephew.”

Update on 11.27.25:

  • AFFIDAVIT OF RILEY KWON - Line 94 - Included Exhibit 8.

  • AFFIDAVIT OF FINLEY RIVERAS - Line 63-65 - Updated to be consistent with where the syringe was taken. Line 12 - Added “relatively short-lived.”