Lawyer: The defendant wanted to clear the snow off his car and in doing so knocked snow on the sidewalk  This same snow melted and refroze, forming ice on which the plaintiff fell, breaking her hip
We argue that the defendant maliciously harmed the plaintiff, because malice is intention to cause harm and the defendant intentionally removed the snow from his car and put it on the sidewalk, which, unbeknownst to the defendant at the time, would subsequently cause the injury suffered by the plaintiff
Alice asked her sister to lie in court. Unbeknownst to Alice's sister, lying in court is against the law. So what Alice asked her sister to do was illegal.