1 00:00:03,110 --> 00:00:04,450 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,690 --> 00:00:08,330 Miss Perkins, please be so kind to tell your firm that the next time they look 3 00:00:08,330 --> 00:00:13,570 to send inexperienced attorneys out to cut their teeth, that they stay away 4 00:00:13,570 --> 00:00:14,389 my courtroom. 5 00:00:14,390 --> 00:00:16,950 You're selling out the integrity of this firm because you want to distance 6 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:17,909 yourself from me. 7 00:00:17,910 --> 00:00:18,910 That's ridiculous. 8 00:00:19,550 --> 00:00:20,750 And I'm going to make it easy for you. 9 00:00:21,090 --> 00:00:23,630 Our relationship is over. I'm not going to bother you anymore. 10 00:00:24,770 --> 00:00:25,770 Buy a lady a drink? 11 00:00:26,630 --> 00:00:27,890 What would the lady be drinking? 12 00:00:28,370 --> 00:00:29,870 You know how to make a Venus butterfly? 13 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:32,900 Oh, no, I'm sorry. That one's not in my repertoire. 14 00:00:33,580 --> 00:00:34,580 That's okay. 15 00:00:35,620 --> 00:00:36,620 It's in mine. 16 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,420 Your husband is involved with another woman. 17 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:41,680 You're lying. 18 00:00:41,740 --> 00:00:45,380 Trying to turn me against a man who has never done anything to hurt me. 19 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:47,200 Unfortunately, this videotape doesn't lie. 20 00:00:47,500 --> 00:00:51,020 Please, you disgusting lying piece. I don't want to be slept with my sister. 21 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:52,440 I don't know what you're talking about. 22 00:00:52,700 --> 00:00:53,720 I hate you. 23 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,800 I hate you. I hate you. 24 00:01:04,970 --> 00:01:10,650 Saving the best for last, it is my profound pleasure to congratulate Mike 25 00:01:10,650 --> 00:01:16,230 on landing this firm's first Fortune 100 client, Northland Pharmaceutical. 26 00:01:20,230 --> 00:01:23,990 They were sufficiently impressed with Mike's performance in the Stacey Gill 27 00:01:23,990 --> 00:01:28,810 that they've engaged us to handle the $100 million products liability suit. 28 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,520 A suit brought by five people who suffered serious neurological impairment 29 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:35,100 result of taking cold 20. 30 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:36,400 I take that sometimes. 31 00:01:36,540 --> 00:01:40,920 Well, these people were also taking a drug called Benadol that's prescribed 32 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:42,120 the treatment of severe schizophrenia. 33 00:01:42,540 --> 00:01:43,399 That I don't take. 34 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,500 And a combination of the two is what did it. 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,400 Aren't they going after the makers of Benadol as well? Well, unfortunately, 36 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,880 company's gone into receivership following a rash of lawsuits over 37 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:58,160 it was manufacturing, which just leaves Northland. Anyway, no pressure, Mike. 38 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,180 But a trial like this could kick us into lunar orbit. 39 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,780 Well, I'm not quite ready to conclude that a trial is what's indicated here. 40 00:02:04,780 --> 00:02:05,920 knows? This may be one to settle. 41 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:10,020 We should have a better idea this afternoon when we meet with Northland's 42 00:02:10,020 --> 00:02:11,020 house counsel. 43 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:15,640 And two people from a consulting firm they use called the Taggart Group. 44 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:16,640 to consult? 45 00:02:16,660 --> 00:02:20,080 Jury selection, I guess. What points to hammer on, what points not to. 46 00:02:20,510 --> 00:02:23,270 I thought that's what they hire us for. I don't know exactly what they have 47 00:02:23,270 --> 00:02:26,670 planned, but what's wrong with getting a little help? You didn't need any help 48 00:02:26,670 --> 00:02:27,670 on the Stacey Gill case. 49 00:02:27,810 --> 00:02:29,650 I mean, you won that on your instincts and the facts. 50 00:02:29,970 --> 00:02:33,910 As I recall, my instincts told me to settle before the verdict came in. 51 00:02:34,530 --> 00:02:38,070 Well, why don't we just keep an open mind and see what they bring to the 52 00:02:38,790 --> 00:02:39,790 We're adjourned. 53 00:02:46,590 --> 00:02:48,070 Stuart, you got a minute? 54 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:49,940 I need to ask you a big favor. 55 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,760 Yeah, what's up? I think I'm going to need some help with my taxes. 56 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:55,480 Ann, I'm honored. 57 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:56,899 You mean it? 58 00:02:56,900 --> 00:02:58,940 Sure, just give me a couple of weeks, let me get my desk cleared. 59 00:02:59,620 --> 00:03:00,620 Oh. 60 00:03:00,740 --> 00:03:01,740 That's a problem? 61 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,480 The thing is, I'm a little strapped. I was hoping to get my refund back early. 62 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:07,220 Okay, no problem. 63 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,220 You're the best, you know that? Mm -hmm. 64 00:03:09,540 --> 00:03:11,560 I'll make it up to you. Yeah, well, I'm very expensive. 65 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,700 I was thinking maybe you could take it out and trade. 66 00:04:18,029 --> 00:04:19,029 Bye. 67 00:05:08,530 --> 00:05:09,530 Sorry, I'm late. 68 00:05:09,890 --> 00:05:10,890 It's 10 .30. 69 00:05:11,270 --> 00:05:13,210 My car broke down. I had to have it towed. 70 00:05:14,350 --> 00:05:15,910 It's the second time this month. 71 00:05:16,210 --> 00:05:19,490 As if I didn't know. What are you looking for? One lousy fresh pencil. Is 72 00:05:19,490 --> 00:05:20,490 too much to ask? 73 00:05:24,950 --> 00:05:25,950 Thank you. 74 00:05:29,170 --> 00:05:30,170 Points. 75 00:05:31,890 --> 00:05:32,890 How old's your car? 76 00:05:32,990 --> 00:05:33,990 In dog years. 77 00:05:34,210 --> 00:05:36,150 You want my advice, you're throwing good money after bad. 78 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,380 You want to tell me exactly what's my alternative? 79 00:05:39,220 --> 00:05:40,220 Get a new car. 80 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:43,680 Rox, I want you to read through this and make sure it's coherent. I need it 81 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:44,940 typed up before land data comes in. 82 00:05:59,380 --> 00:06:01,200 Arnie, we need to have a talk. What about? 83 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:03,120 A raise. 84 00:06:03,180 --> 00:06:04,920 Rox, can't this conversation wait till later? 85 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,080 No. What'd you get last year? 86 00:06:07,460 --> 00:06:10,060 Cost of living, but that won't do it this time. What will? 87 00:06:11,220 --> 00:06:12,220 A hundred dollars. 88 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,380 A hundred dollars a week? I don't eat in restaurants, Arnie. 89 00:06:17,260 --> 00:06:20,740 I don't buy clothes that aren't on sale. I have a ten -year -old car that spends 90 00:06:20,740 --> 00:06:23,260 more time in the shop than it does on the streets, and with all of that, I've 91 00:06:23,260 --> 00:06:28,420 still got to worry about my rent check bouncing. Rox, I gotta tell you, this is 92 00:06:28,420 --> 00:06:30,080 not the year to be pushing for a big raise. 93 00:06:34,490 --> 00:06:39,010 I'm underpaid as it is, plus which I probably average four to six hours a 94 00:06:39,010 --> 00:06:41,410 extra doing your personal chores for which I receive nothing. 95 00:06:43,150 --> 00:06:45,910 Nothing? You call my love and appreciation nothing? 96 00:06:46,290 --> 00:06:47,530 Will it buy me a new car? 97 00:06:49,130 --> 00:06:50,130 Okay. 98 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:53,510 Okay, look, I will talk to Brackman. I'll see what I can do. 99 00:06:54,090 --> 00:06:55,090 Thank you. 100 00:06:55,410 --> 00:06:56,550 Mandetta, tick -tock. 101 00:07:03,690 --> 00:07:07,310 This criminal case of mine, Stowitz, I was hoping to kick it around with you a 102 00:07:07,310 --> 00:07:08,530 little. How come? 103 00:07:08,750 --> 00:07:09,750 I value your opinion. 104 00:07:10,510 --> 00:07:14,650 Benny Stowitz walks into a shoe repair store, beats up the proprietor, and 105 00:07:14,650 --> 00:07:15,730 off with over $200. 106 00:07:16,030 --> 00:07:17,030 All true. 107 00:07:18,310 --> 00:07:21,790 What's also true is that Benny's IQ hovers around the mid -two -figure 108 00:07:22,170 --> 00:07:25,670 Some lowlife he knows told him that the shoe repair guy stole the money and 109 00:07:25,670 --> 00:07:26,670 asked Benny to get it back. 110 00:07:27,130 --> 00:07:28,130 Key question. 111 00:07:28,530 --> 00:07:31,430 Could Benny form the criminal intent necessary to convict? 112 00:07:32,659 --> 00:07:33,659 Interesting question. 113 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:35,900 Good luck. 114 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:37,960 Yeah. 115 00:07:38,460 --> 00:07:40,760 Thing is, this case has been assigned to Judge Portenser. 116 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:44,080 Very bad blood there from when I was in the PD's office. 117 00:07:47,020 --> 00:07:48,540 I hate to see it all turn on that. 118 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:50,339 Forget it. 119 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:53,120 If you were looking for another trial lawyer, you're in the wrong office. 120 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,800 Isn't it a little early in your career to be making those kind of 121 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,880 pronouncements? After what happened the last time out? 122 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,960 I'd say it's staring me in the face. The thing is, you can't let it stare you 123 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,660 down. I wouldn't even dream of asking you to go into court on this if I wasn't 124 00:08:05,660 --> 00:08:08,680 sure in my own mind that you could handle it. I mean, I'm not about to try 125 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,080 build up your confidence at the expense of a poor sap like Benny. 126 00:08:13,540 --> 00:08:14,900 You could do the job, Abby. 127 00:08:17,060 --> 00:08:18,060 I'm telling you. 128 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,200 What we've done, Mike, is to assemble a focus group that should substantially 129 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,340 approximate the real jury you want to have at the trial. 130 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,060 The people will also be representative of those you're most likely to draw from 131 00:08:29,060 --> 00:08:30,060 the jury pool. 132 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:32,740 Aren't we being a little premature here? 133 00:08:33,220 --> 00:08:34,099 How so? 134 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:37,440 Well, I still haven't seen a file on this case, and you're getting ready to 135 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:38,940 a jury. Mike, that's my fault. 136 00:08:39,179 --> 00:08:42,720 I was in court all morning getting rulings on a set of interrogatories. 137 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,620 have the file this afternoon without fail. 138 00:08:45,140 --> 00:08:49,240 I also need to talk to some of your technical people about safety testing 139 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:50,440 FDA approval criteria. 140 00:08:51,100 --> 00:08:53,620 We have five plaintiffs with serious injuries. 141 00:08:54,990 --> 00:08:58,650 I need to see medical reports. Believe me, everything's at your disposal. 142 00:08:59,250 --> 00:09:00,570 Let's just run through this now. 143 00:09:00,850 --> 00:09:04,010 When you've had a chance to read through the file, we'll get into a huddle, fill 144 00:09:04,010 --> 00:09:05,870 in the blanks, and see where we're going. 145 00:09:06,390 --> 00:09:07,390 Fair enough? 146 00:09:09,130 --> 00:09:10,130 All right. 147 00:09:23,180 --> 00:09:29,240 we call the former experiential, or ex -pothead for short, 37 years old, earns 148 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:33,560 $40 ,000 a year, married, one child, manages a muffler franchise in Encino. 149 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:39,680 Traits would be low organizational loyalty, tending towards cynicism, 150 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:43,880 he can be counted on to identify with the corporation's objectives, their 151 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:44,880 and size. 152 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,300 Whatever previously held anti -establishment leanings he may have had 153 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:49,860 more or less lost in a conservative shift. 154 00:09:50,380 --> 00:09:53,680 precipitated by aging, family responsibilities, and the feeling of 155 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:54,680 his peers. 156 00:09:54,860 --> 00:09:57,960 He's a long way from compassionate, so you don't have to be afraid to betray 157 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,260 plaintiff's whiners with this one. 158 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:00,600 Bridget. 159 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:05,720 This individual we call martyred and loving it. 53 years old, housewife, 160 00:10:05,860 --> 00:10:07,540 husband's income in the low 50s. 161 00:10:08,759 --> 00:10:12,500 Heavy association with fictional television characters, high personal 162 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:14,560 quotient. Her psychological pivot is greed. 163 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,740 She can be expected to respond well to the notion that the plaintiff's attempt 164 00:10:17,740 --> 00:10:21,420 to collect big bucks is nothing but a chance to cash in on the kind of 165 00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:24,580 unfortunate tragedy life is full of. She's also going to love your looks. 166 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,740 You freaked out, Rox. I went to the mat for you. But he said if he gives it to 167 00:10:36,740 --> 00:10:38,720 you, he's got to give it to every other secretary in the firm. 168 00:10:39,380 --> 00:10:40,380 How much will he give? 169 00:10:40,580 --> 00:10:44,860 Cost of living, like last year. Rox, I swear, I'm not going to let him off this 170 00:10:44,860 --> 00:10:48,660 time. We'll stay on him. And if I have to, I'll even go to Leland, okay? 171 00:10:49,340 --> 00:10:50,319 I guess. 172 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:51,320 And a girl. 173 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:54,580 Hey, we're going to shake it out of him eventually. It just may take some time. 174 00:10:55,740 --> 00:10:56,860 Thanks for trying on me. 175 00:10:57,500 --> 00:10:58,500 Rox, are you kidding? 176 00:10:58,960 --> 00:10:59,960 You're my girl. 177 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:01,800 Okay? 178 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:13,680 The thing to remember is that there's more to finding Benny guilty than 179 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:14,680 or not he took the money. 180 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:20,180 Benny's never been in any kind of trouble before, Miss Perkins. I'm scared 181 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:21,540 in front of a judge. 182 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:24,420 Everybody's nervous when they go to court, Benny. 183 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,000 You're not nervous. 184 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:27,440 Of course she's not nervous. 185 00:11:27,660 --> 00:11:28,660 She's a lawyer. 186 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:33,400 The main thing is to just listen to the questions and answer them. 187 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:35,380 Listen to the questions. 188 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:38,200 Okay. 189 00:11:38,540 --> 00:11:41,420 A short answer is usually better than a long one. 190 00:11:41,660 --> 00:11:42,660 All right. 191 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,460 And we have a good case, so I think we'll do okay. 192 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:51,460 I've never been in any kind of trouble before. 193 00:11:51,780 --> 00:11:52,579 It's true. 194 00:11:52,580 --> 00:11:53,580 I know it. 195 00:11:54,140 --> 00:11:57,360 You just get a good night's sleep and try not to worry about it. 196 00:11:58,180 --> 00:12:01,800 Put on a jacket and tie for court. It would be better. 197 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:04,400 Okay. 198 00:12:04,740 --> 00:12:05,740 See you in the courtroom. 199 00:12:06,660 --> 00:12:09,100 You have the address and the room number? 200 00:12:09,420 --> 00:12:11,620 210 West Temple, 409. 201 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:12,820 Right. 202 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:14,840 You'll meet us at the courtroom? 203 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:15,979 I'll be there. 204 00:12:15,980 --> 00:12:17,800 Okay. Thank you, Miss Perkins. 205 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:26,480 Do you really think that things look good for Benny? 206 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:28,600 There's no guarantee. 207 00:12:29,420 --> 00:12:31,000 But I think we have a good case. 208 00:12:31,940 --> 00:12:33,680 He'd die in prison, Miss Perkins. 209 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:35,520 He'd just die. 210 00:12:36,650 --> 00:12:37,650 Come on, Mom. 211 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:38,790 We're at a meter. 212 00:12:38,850 --> 00:12:39,850 I'm coming, Benny. 213 00:12:48,310 --> 00:12:50,850 Mike. Good morning. Hi. Good morning, Mike. Hi. 214 00:12:51,390 --> 00:12:52,289 What's all this? 215 00:12:52,290 --> 00:12:54,130 Oh, not to worry. Just some tricks of the trade. 216 00:12:55,270 --> 00:12:56,490 Ready for a little transformation? 217 00:12:56,990 --> 00:13:00,690 Well, what I'm ready for is that huddle you promised me. It looks like we have a 218 00:13:00,690 --> 00:13:03,110 very reasonable settlement to close along the table. 219 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:04,450 Uh, Joe? 220 00:13:04,570 --> 00:13:05,570 Yeah. 221 00:13:05,770 --> 00:13:08,310 Look, Mike, you've got quite a bit of ground to cover here. 222 00:13:08,650 --> 00:13:11,450 Maybe if we just get started, then you and I can sit down on that later this 223 00:13:11,450 --> 00:13:15,710 afternoon. Wait a minute. I don't know what all this is for, but it seems to me 224 00:13:15,710 --> 00:13:19,450 we've got to sort through some of the hard facts in this case before we get 225 00:13:19,450 --> 00:13:20,369 to anything else. 226 00:13:20,370 --> 00:13:22,770 I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. 227 00:13:24,110 --> 00:13:27,230 Northland's not just looking for the quickest way out of this thing, but what 228 00:13:27,230 --> 00:13:30,490 want to suggest is we've got Malcolm and his people here. 229 00:13:31,070 --> 00:13:33,770 They've got to be in Chicago tomorrow, and we don't have a lot of time before 230 00:13:33,770 --> 00:13:34,629 the mock trial. 231 00:13:34,630 --> 00:13:37,690 Well, what about the five people who suffered massive motor function 232 00:13:37,690 --> 00:13:41,310 and memory loss? I am every bit as aware of the gravity of this situation as you 233 00:13:41,310 --> 00:13:43,110 are. We're not adversaries. 234 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:47,550 But let's avail ourselves of the help we're being provided with today, if only 235 00:13:47,550 --> 00:13:50,630 for scheduling purposes. And if settlement's in the cards, so be it. 236 00:13:51,990 --> 00:13:52,909 There we go. 237 00:13:52,910 --> 00:13:55,790 Okay? All right. 238 00:13:56,170 --> 00:13:57,170 Let's do it. 239 00:13:57,210 --> 00:13:58,210 We on track? 240 00:13:58,810 --> 00:13:59,810 I'm out of here, Mike. 241 00:13:59,950 --> 00:14:01,070 I'll call you right after lunch. 242 00:14:02,690 --> 00:14:05,830 Hey, now, Mike, that's Shelly and Candy, our stylists. 243 00:14:06,210 --> 00:14:09,470 And basically what we're all here for today is to see if we can't sharpen up 244 00:14:09,470 --> 00:14:10,490 your instrument a bit. 245 00:14:11,130 --> 00:14:12,990 And believe me, the adjustments are minor. 246 00:14:13,250 --> 00:14:16,570 You see, by polling the Stacey Gill jury, we've uncovered a few minor 247 00:14:16,570 --> 00:14:18,670 weaknesses. They're all subject to easy correction. 248 00:14:19,330 --> 00:14:23,070 You polled the Stacey Gill jury? Well, that was the basis of our recommendation 249 00:14:23,070 --> 00:14:25,710 that Northland engage you. You were quite a hit, but you could have been 250 00:14:25,710 --> 00:14:26,710 stronger. Really? 251 00:14:27,070 --> 00:14:30,050 A few of the jurors felt you were a bit smug and aloof, but, hey, we can knock 252 00:14:30,050 --> 00:14:31,430 out those characteristics one, two, three. 253 00:14:32,170 --> 00:14:33,170 May I? 254 00:14:39,470 --> 00:14:40,470 Yeah. 255 00:14:40,650 --> 00:14:41,650 Okay. 256 00:14:41,890 --> 00:14:44,390 Now, this, to me, reads sincere. 257 00:14:44,690 --> 00:14:46,370 And physical and self -reliant. 258 00:14:47,310 --> 00:14:48,310 No. 259 00:14:52,210 --> 00:14:53,210 Hi. 260 00:14:53,690 --> 00:14:56,010 I think we can start accessorizing. Mike. 261 00:14:58,480 --> 00:14:59,480 Yeah, let's get some pictures. 262 00:14:59,860 --> 00:15:02,720 There was one other read we got from the guild jury, and that was youthfulness. 263 00:15:03,020 --> 00:15:04,840 Which isn't necessarily bad. 264 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,100 Unless it impacts negatively on credibility. 265 00:15:07,820 --> 00:15:10,160 There's a way of nipping that in the bud that's real fast and dirty. 266 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:11,680 That band of gold. 267 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:29,660 This is not going to work, Leland. 268 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,180 What's not going to work? 269 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:35,600 I am not going to put my conscience and my professional responsibility as a 270 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,120 lawyer on hold in order to serve as Northland Pharmaceuticals' equivalent of 271 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:40,220 Pillsbury Doughboy. 272 00:15:40,500 --> 00:15:42,160 Oh, back up a little bit. 273 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,520 I think I missed something. 274 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,960 I was here until 2 o 'clock in the morning last night going over the 275 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:48,960 file. 276 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:53,120 The plaintiffs in this case have suffered catastrophic injuries. 277 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:54,740 Due to Northland's negligence? 278 00:15:55,260 --> 00:15:56,139 Approximately do? 279 00:15:56,140 --> 00:15:59,400 Approximate enough so that the settlement proposal made by the 280 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:00,900 attorneys makes a hell of a lot of sense. 281 00:16:01,820 --> 00:16:05,420 This isn't a game, Leland. These people suffered devastating injuries. 282 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,940 And you couldn't find 12 people in America to sit in a courtroom and give 283 00:16:09,940 --> 00:16:11,640 people any lesson they're already asking for. 284 00:16:11,940 --> 00:16:15,540 Have you taken up the settlement proposal with Northland? Who am I 285 00:16:15,540 --> 00:16:18,160 take it up with? The people I've been dealing with think in terms of how many 286 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:19,380 buttons there are in my coat. 287 00:16:19,660 --> 00:16:20,680 What about Zweibel? 288 00:16:21,940 --> 00:16:24,040 The consummate corporate game player. 289 00:16:24,510 --> 00:16:28,610 We go to trial and we win, he gets the credit. We go to trial and we lose, we 290 00:16:28,610 --> 00:16:29,610 get the blame. 291 00:16:30,470 --> 00:16:34,670 Look, I know that this is a very big client for us. 292 00:16:34,950 --> 00:16:38,890 But either I get to function as an attorney in this case, or Northland can 293 00:16:38,890 --> 00:16:41,270 an ad in Variety and find themselves another spokesman. 294 00:16:41,890 --> 00:16:46,490 Well, before you do anything rash, might I suggest that you do what you have to 295 00:16:46,490 --> 00:16:47,630 to make your feelings known. 296 00:16:48,350 --> 00:16:52,010 And if that means marching into Baldred Townsend's office and talking directly 297 00:16:52,010 --> 00:16:53,010 to him... 298 00:16:53,350 --> 00:16:54,350 That's what it means. 299 00:17:02,210 --> 00:17:03,510 Are you very busy right now? 300 00:17:03,710 --> 00:17:05,829 Just getting my tax stuff together. What's up? 301 00:17:06,329 --> 00:17:07,470 It's the Stolowitz case. 302 00:17:08,950 --> 00:17:11,270 In the long run, you know, you're going to be happy you took it. 303 00:17:11,550 --> 00:17:14,109 You should meet him. He is so sweet and trusting. 304 00:17:14,770 --> 00:17:17,270 And if I blow it for him, I swear to God I'll kill myself. 305 00:17:17,750 --> 00:17:19,270 Maybe that's a little extreme. 306 00:17:20,980 --> 00:17:23,060 Don't worry, the first few are always the worst. 307 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,300 I've been roughing out some notes on my closing argument. 308 00:17:26,940 --> 00:17:28,460 Do you think you could stand to listen to it? 309 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:29,760 Shoot. 310 00:17:33,780 --> 00:17:38,760 Our system of jurisprudence recognizes the element of mens rea, or guilty mind, 311 00:17:38,940 --> 00:17:41,080 to be essential to a finding of guilt. 312 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,820 But where was the guilty mind in Benny Stulwitz? 313 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:47,360 The prosecution hasn't shown any to have existed. 314 00:17:48,590 --> 00:17:52,070 And what you have before you now, Your Honor, is a simple man. 315 00:17:52,470 --> 00:17:54,950 A man given to trust, not cunning. 316 00:17:55,550 --> 00:18:00,270 For Benny Stulwitz, there was only one possible response when asked for a favor 317 00:18:00,270 --> 00:18:01,270 by a friend. 318 00:18:01,930 --> 00:18:03,070 Is this too preachy? 319 00:18:03,510 --> 00:18:04,510 Sounds good. 320 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:06,830 This doesn't sound like a law school moot court brief. 321 00:18:07,150 --> 00:18:09,030 No, it sounds thoroughly professional. 322 00:18:10,330 --> 00:18:11,330 I'm gonna go work on it. 323 00:18:11,930 --> 00:18:12,930 Thank you. 324 00:18:13,290 --> 00:18:14,290 Morning. Hi, Stuart. 325 00:18:14,630 --> 00:18:15,630 You ready for me? 326 00:18:15,870 --> 00:18:17,110 Yeah, I brought everything with me. 327 00:18:17,450 --> 00:18:18,870 You sure you don't mind this, Stuart? 328 00:18:19,210 --> 00:18:20,210 Let's do it. 329 00:18:24,910 --> 00:18:26,910 You have all your receipts in the shopping bag, huh? 330 00:18:27,350 --> 00:18:29,950 Is that all right? That's the way I always used to bring it in to Irwin. 331 00:18:31,230 --> 00:18:32,230 Who's Irwin? 332 00:18:32,990 --> 00:18:33,990 My accountant. 333 00:18:34,530 --> 00:18:37,470 If you have an accountant and he knows your history, why don't you just send it 334 00:18:37,470 --> 00:18:38,109 over to him? 335 00:18:38,110 --> 00:18:39,130 Well, that's the problem. 336 00:18:40,310 --> 00:18:43,450 Irwin is in New Zealand, and I don't think he'll be coming back. 337 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:45,300 Unless they extradite him. 338 00:18:46,980 --> 00:18:47,980 I won't ask. 339 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:53,360 Stuart, when it comes to managing my own finances, Stuart, I admit it, I'm just 340 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:54,360 not too sharp. 341 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,140 Look, if this is too much trouble, I'll try to find another accountant. 342 00:19:00,460 --> 00:19:04,800 No, no, no, it's fine. I was just afraid you weren't going to be organized. 343 00:19:09,030 --> 00:19:12,610 What I would like from you, Mr. Townsend, is authorization to settle 344 00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:14,170 for between five and six million. 345 00:19:15,250 --> 00:19:18,650 Joe? Mike, I can't help but feel you're throwing in the towel a little early. 346 00:19:18,810 --> 00:19:21,470 Well, I don't consider it throwing in the towel to recognize that Northland 347 00:19:21,470 --> 00:19:22,890 an accountability for what it does. 348 00:19:23,230 --> 00:19:27,350 Now, there are five people with 100 % disability as a direct result of taking 349 00:19:27,350 --> 00:19:29,050 cold 20 together with other medication. 350 00:19:30,010 --> 00:19:32,970 I'm not about to sit here and tell you that your corporation ought to ignore 351 00:19:32,970 --> 00:19:36,250 that because it's what you want to hear. Mr. Cusack sounds to me like you bought 352 00:19:36,250 --> 00:19:37,270 the other side's argument. 353 00:19:37,690 --> 00:19:40,950 You think I've got a responsibility to cross -check my product with every other 354 00:19:40,950 --> 00:19:42,250 substance on the face of the earth? 355 00:19:42,630 --> 00:19:45,990 Because if that were true, a bottle of aspirin would cost about 50 bucks, 356 00:19:46,170 --> 00:19:47,430 assuming you could buy it at all. 357 00:19:47,950 --> 00:19:50,050 People assume some risks in this world. 358 00:19:50,470 --> 00:19:53,570 I'm not about to sit still and take a direct hit because of some freak 359 00:19:53,570 --> 00:19:58,430 occurrence. Well, you go to court on this issue, and you could be faced with 360 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:01,370 jury award that makes this settlement proposal look like chump change. 361 00:20:01,670 --> 00:20:04,110 Taggart seems to feel differently, Mike. Well, Taggart... 362 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,880 for all of his dog and pony shows, doesn't know juries. 363 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:11,640 Let me tell you something. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing magical 364 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:12,640 about a jury. 365 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,860 It's 12 American consumers waiting to be sold. 366 00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:20,020 In addition, Mike, the mood of the country seems to be shifting away from 367 00:20:20,020 --> 00:20:21,040 awards to plaintiffs. 368 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:24,900 I mean, besides the fact that that's an excellent case to be made for all the 369 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:28,700 good Northland does, we've got five plaintiffs that were diagnosed chronic 370 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:32,320 schizos. You could punch holes in the other side's case with that alone. 371 00:20:32,540 --> 00:20:33,540 Oh, that's great. 372 00:20:33,850 --> 00:20:36,590 I'll just march into court and say as long as the plaintiffs were nuts anyway, 373 00:20:36,670 --> 00:20:39,850 they might as well be paralyzed, too. Come on, Mr. Cusack, get in there and 374 00:20:39,850 --> 00:20:43,230 fight, will you? That's what we're paying you for. You're paying me to be 375 00:20:43,230 --> 00:20:46,890 lawyer, which is exactly what I am doing. 376 00:20:48,410 --> 00:20:51,830 Since we've already got this mock trial scheduled, why don't we wait to see what 377 00:20:51,830 --> 00:20:54,770 the outcome is before we make our decision on how to proceed? 378 00:20:54,990 --> 00:20:56,430 That's what I've had in mind right along. 379 00:20:56,630 --> 00:20:58,050 We're not locked into anything. 380 00:20:58,970 --> 00:21:02,370 Whether this trial is mock or not, I've only had the file for one day. 381 00:21:02,990 --> 00:21:04,930 I'm not exactly prepared to go to court on this. 382 00:21:05,230 --> 00:21:06,490 Don't worry about it. 383 00:21:07,150 --> 00:21:08,850 Taggart's got your script all written. 384 00:21:12,450 --> 00:21:14,090 Yeah, forget meaning and substance. 385 00:21:14,470 --> 00:21:15,470 They're lost forever. 386 00:21:15,610 --> 00:21:18,710 A juror in a courtroom, a voter in an election booth. 387 00:21:18,950 --> 00:21:22,070 They might as well be staying in a supermarket aisle deciding what brand of 388 00:21:22,070 --> 00:21:23,390 mouthwash to gargle with. 389 00:21:26,350 --> 00:21:29,450 Hi, I'm Mike Cusack, attorney. 390 00:21:29,970 --> 00:21:32,150 I eat cold 20 with every meal. 391 00:21:32,540 --> 00:21:33,539 Oh, my God. 392 00:21:33,540 --> 00:21:36,320 You believe this? A sports jacket to go on the court? 393 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:41,560 Oh, they want me to be my own man, to dispel the corporation image of slick 394 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,300 uniformity. Kind of like one of those giant wine companies pretending to be 395 00:21:45,300 --> 00:21:46,540 bumpkins sitting on a porch. 396 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:56,280 I, uh... I think... I think you look great. This 397 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,440 is packaging, you understand? That's all it is. 398 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,680 So what? 399 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:03,260 So you're telling me that all you're drawn to here is the package? 400 00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:07,340 Just what was it that drew you to me? 401 00:22:08,220 --> 00:22:11,220 Seems like a skirt and a pair of high heels had something to do with it. 402 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:16,160 Package, huh? 403 00:22:16,260 --> 00:22:17,260 Yeah. 404 00:22:17,380 --> 00:22:18,800 And I get to unwrap it. 405 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,700 Benny Stallworth believed that Ron Shaw was his friend. 406 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,280 We may disagree with that, but in Benny's mind, there was no doubt. 407 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,420 Nor was there any doubt that when asked to do a favor by a friend, you did it. 408 00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:53,860 Oh. 409 00:22:54,620 --> 00:22:57,020 Rox, it's Wednesday. Where are my shirts? 410 00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:58,500 At the laundry. 411 00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:02,040 Roxanne, I am walked while meetings through dinner. I don't have time to get 412 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:03,300 shirts. Neither do I. 413 00:23:05,710 --> 00:23:07,610 Would you come on? What is the problem? 414 00:23:08,770 --> 00:23:13,570 The problem is I can't just accept another cost of living raise, not and 415 00:23:13,570 --> 00:23:14,309 with myself. 416 00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:17,350 I understand you're disappointed, but do you have to take it out on me? 417 00:23:17,590 --> 00:23:18,610 Who else is there? 418 00:23:20,430 --> 00:23:23,250 Rox, come on. I sympathize. But what can I do? 419 00:23:24,530 --> 00:23:27,930 Arnie, don't you think I'm worth another hundred dollars a week? 420 00:23:28,150 --> 00:23:30,210 If it were up to me, it'd be worth another thousand a week. 421 00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:32,030 But do you want me to pay you out of my pocket? 422 00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:34,330 That's like me taking a pay cut. Is that fair? 423 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:35,840 I could live with it. 424 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,700 Could you give us a minute? 425 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,900 You want me to take a pay cut? 426 00:23:53,820 --> 00:23:59,720 Arnie, you spend $100 on flowers every week. What is going on here? I have 427 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,460 heard you so... I don't know. 428 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,860 Assertive? Try hostile. 429 00:24:04,670 --> 00:24:07,590 I am finally starting to take responsibility for my life. 430 00:24:08,170 --> 00:24:09,770 I can't be a doormat anymore. 431 00:24:10,690 --> 00:24:13,750 I can't let you wipe your feet on me and then say, thank you, Arnie. 432 00:24:13,950 --> 00:24:15,570 Thank you for letting me be your slave. 433 00:24:16,030 --> 00:24:18,470 Thank you for letting me take your dirty shirts to the laundry. 434 00:24:18,670 --> 00:24:21,350 Rox, this is not you talking. Yes, it is me. 435 00:24:21,770 --> 00:24:24,150 With a little help from my therapist, maybe, but it's me. 436 00:24:25,330 --> 00:24:26,229 You're unhappy? 437 00:24:26,230 --> 00:24:27,230 Yes. 438 00:24:27,850 --> 00:24:29,670 What do you need with a shrink? 439 00:24:30,650 --> 00:24:31,990 When you don't have a life. 440 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,360 Let people walk all over you? 441 00:24:34,620 --> 00:24:37,520 When the only man you ever want to be with is totally unavailable? 442 00:24:37,940 --> 00:24:42,480 When you start dating 18 -year -old boys? It is time to take a good hard 443 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:43,640 yourself! Fox! 444 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,380 Did it ever occur to you that if you weren't seeing this shrink, you wouldn't 445 00:24:48,380 --> 00:24:49,520 need such a big pay raise? 446 00:24:52,140 --> 00:24:54,180 What I do with my raise is my business. 447 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,200 Do I get it or not? 448 00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:59,820 I'm going to have to think about it. 449 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Tick -tock, Arnie. 450 00:25:09,390 --> 00:25:10,390 You wanted to see me? 451 00:25:13,570 --> 00:25:14,770 Sit down for a second, would you? 452 00:25:19,630 --> 00:25:23,470 Ann, I have to tell you, I'm very concerned about the state your finances 453 00:25:23,470 --> 00:25:24,349 in. 454 00:25:24,350 --> 00:25:30,470 Do you have any idea how much you spent on clothes last year? 455 00:25:33,610 --> 00:25:34,750 Over $7 ,000. 456 00:25:35,730 --> 00:25:36,830 That's what clothes cost. 457 00:25:37,570 --> 00:25:38,590 You don't, uh... 458 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:39,980 You don't think that's a trifle excessive? 459 00:25:41,220 --> 00:25:45,980 Well, that's why you're 36 years old and you have $540 to your name. 460 00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:53,940 For example, you spent over $5 ,200 in various charitable contributions 461 00:25:53,940 --> 00:25:58,880 last year. Now, the Coalition for the Homeless, I understand, but the Fund for 462 00:25:58,880 --> 00:25:59,880 Rare Welks? 463 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:01,920 And you can't afford to be that magnanimous. 464 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,620 Irwin didn't think it was a problem. 465 00:26:03,940 --> 00:26:06,080 Yeah, well, Irwin must have been on drugs. 466 00:26:06,750 --> 00:26:09,390 Because I just went back and reviewed your 83 and 84 returns. 467 00:26:10,250 --> 00:26:12,790 And? And I can't believe what this guy did. 468 00:26:13,330 --> 00:26:15,030 Worse, what you allowed him to do. 469 00:26:15,350 --> 00:26:16,209 Like what? 470 00:26:16,210 --> 00:26:19,750 Like taking a depreciation allowance on a car you paid for 10 years ago. And you 471 00:26:19,750 --> 00:26:20,569 can't do that. 472 00:26:20,570 --> 00:26:23,650 Like deducting the sofa in your living room as office furniture. 473 00:26:24,010 --> 00:26:25,010 I work there sometimes. 474 00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:27,470 Yeah? Well, I hope you aren't audited. 475 00:26:27,930 --> 00:26:31,890 Because my idea of a relationship isn't driving 200 miles every Saturday to 476 00:26:31,890 --> 00:26:34,090 visit you at the women's penitentiary at Lompoc, you know? 477 00:26:34,450 --> 00:26:36,940 What is the... point of this little diatribe, Stuart. 478 00:26:37,140 --> 00:26:40,060 Okay, the point is I want you to sit down and do some long -term financial 479 00:26:40,060 --> 00:26:42,000 planning. I want you on a budget, Ann. 480 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:46,600 Stuart. Look, I've taken the liberty of putting together some, uh... Investment 481 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:47,820 options for your perusal. 482 00:26:48,060 --> 00:26:51,360 Hold on a minute. I did not ask you to do all of this. Well, if you didn't 483 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:53,940 revert to infancy the minute you started thinking about managing your money, I 484 00:26:53,940 --> 00:26:57,460 wouldn't have to do it. Excuse me. How I choose to manage my money is my 485 00:26:57,460 --> 00:26:58,540 business and not yours. 486 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,380 I should have known better than to think you were capable of having a 487 00:27:01,380 --> 00:27:04,700 professional relationship with me without letting it become a forum for 488 00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:05,700 personal feelings. 489 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,300 Wait a minute. I had to spend two hours putting that stuff in a little pile. 490 00:27:09,420 --> 00:27:13,980 It's my tax return. I'll file it. Fine. Go get indicted. See if I care. I will. 491 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:15,120 Fine. Fine. 492 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:28,420 That reads pure JFK to me. 493 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:29,700 Young JFK. 494 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,920 Oh, uh, I did take the liberty of making one change. 495 00:27:35,540 --> 00:27:36,540 I hope you don't mind. 496 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,240 I asked someone else to play the lawyer for the plaintiffs. 497 00:27:39,620 --> 00:27:40,880 What, a different actor? 498 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:42,460 A lawyer. 499 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:43,600 A lawyer? 500 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:44,920 What about the script? 501 00:27:45,460 --> 00:27:48,100 Well, I thought we might get a truer reading if we had someone who wasn't 502 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,100 working from a script. 503 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:51,520 I'm troubled by that. 504 00:27:52,020 --> 00:27:53,140 It shouldn't make any difference. 505 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,560 As long as you don't deviate from the script. 506 00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:57,360 Absolutely not. 507 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,360 Speaking of which, take a look at this guy. 508 00:28:06,180 --> 00:28:07,860 This is supposed to be the plaintiff's attorney? 509 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:09,620 It's totally wrong. 510 00:28:10,420 --> 00:28:11,420 Totally. 511 00:28:12,700 --> 00:28:15,160 Mr. Stulwitz, how old are you? 512 00:28:16,020 --> 00:28:18,760 Benny Stulwitz, 38. 513 00:28:19,340 --> 00:28:21,700 My birthday is the day after the 4th of July. 514 00:28:22,020 --> 00:28:23,320 And where do you live, Benny? 515 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:25,120 On Orange Grove Street. 516 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:26,840 With your mother? 517 00:28:27,660 --> 00:28:29,340 And Hogan, he's my dog. 518 00:28:30,140 --> 00:28:31,660 Are you presently employed? 519 00:28:33,420 --> 00:28:34,860 Do you have a job, Benny? 520 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,160 Sometimes I do the grass and leaves for Mrs. Ratner. 521 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,020 She's a lady down the block. 522 00:28:41,540 --> 00:28:47,500 And once I had a paper route, only the man said I took too long getting him 523 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:50,800 there. Do you know Ron Shaw, Benny? 524 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,960 Sure. He's my friend. 525 00:28:53,550 --> 00:28:55,570 He lets me go to the liquor store for him. 526 00:28:55,910 --> 00:28:59,210 And do you remember the day you were arrested by the police? 527 00:29:00,270 --> 00:29:01,270 Sure. 528 00:29:02,050 --> 00:29:04,630 Did you go somewhere with Ron that day? 529 00:29:05,650 --> 00:29:07,990 I went to a store where they fix shoes. 530 00:29:08,310 --> 00:29:09,310 Can you tell us why? 531 00:29:10,090 --> 00:29:12,930 Ron told me the man in there had stole money from him. 532 00:29:14,110 --> 00:29:18,270 Ron said he wanted his money back, only he wasn't strong enough. 533 00:29:18,870 --> 00:29:20,130 So what did you do, Benny? 534 00:29:20,490 --> 00:29:21,490 I went in there. 535 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,220 And I said, give me Ron's money. 536 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,080 And the guy just looked at me. 537 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:28,960 So I said it again. 538 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:30,500 Give me Ron's money. 539 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,240 And then the guy picked up this hammer. 540 00:29:34,020 --> 00:29:37,820 And it looked like he was going to hit me with it. So I went like this. And I 541 00:29:37,820 --> 00:29:38,820 pushed him. 542 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:41,940 And I took the money and I gave it to Ron. 543 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:43,560 And what happened then? 544 00:29:43,940 --> 00:29:46,700 Ron told me to walk home. So I did. 545 00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:50,520 And when I got to my house, there was two policemen. 546 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:52,760 They're waiting for me. 547 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,580 I never seen Ron again after that. 548 00:29:57,940 --> 00:29:59,920 Did they arrest you, Benny? 549 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:01,400 Yeah, they did. 550 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,820 My mom was crying when they put me in the police car. 551 00:30:08,060 --> 00:30:09,060 I'm sorry, Mom. 552 00:30:10,540 --> 00:30:11,980 Thank you, Benny. 553 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:15,980 I have nothing further at this time. 554 00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:18,100 Japan, Mom. 555 00:30:22,220 --> 00:30:27,640 When Ron Shaw asked you to steal money, you agreed to do that, didn't you? 556 00:30:28,340 --> 00:30:29,800 He won't ask me to do that. 557 00:30:30,380 --> 00:30:33,480 You agreed to get the money for him when he asked you to, though, didn't you? 558 00:30:34,260 --> 00:30:35,260 Sure. 559 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:36,960 Ron's my friend. 560 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,200 I have nothing further. 561 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:41,360 The witness may step down. 562 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,240 You can return to your seat now, Mr. Stolwitz. 563 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:50,760 Do you have any further witnesses, Miss Perkins? 564 00:30:51,230 --> 00:30:53,690 No, Your Honor. I am prepared to begin my closing argument. 565 00:30:54,690 --> 00:30:56,230 I don't believe that will be necessary. 566 00:30:56,610 --> 00:31:01,630 From testimony presented, expert and otherwise, it is my opinion that the 567 00:31:01,630 --> 00:31:06,290 defendant was incapable of forming the requisite intent to commit this crime. 568 00:31:07,190 --> 00:31:10,670 Accordingly, I find the defendant, Benny Stallworth, not guilty. 569 00:31:13,870 --> 00:31:16,110 Does that mean you don't want to hear any closing arguments? 570 00:31:16,690 --> 00:31:20,170 How not guilty do you want me to find him? You won, Counselor. 571 00:31:20,460 --> 00:31:21,460 Case dismissed. 572 00:31:22,940 --> 00:31:25,600 Miss Perkins, you were really something in there. 573 00:31:25,980 --> 00:31:28,720 I can't tell you how much I appreciate what you've done for Benny. 574 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,320 Well, I'm just glad that everything worked out. And you fat bastard shows up 575 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:34,320 here again. 576 00:31:34,340 --> 00:31:36,640 I want you to stay away from him, do you hear? 577 00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:38,320 Mr. Shaw's all right, Ma. 578 00:31:39,140 --> 00:31:40,360 What am I going to do? 579 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:42,620 Well, good luck, Benny. 580 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:44,520 Thank you. 581 00:31:45,380 --> 00:31:46,500 Thank you very much. 582 00:31:47,220 --> 00:31:48,220 You're welcome. 583 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:49,760 And you take care, okay? 584 00:31:59,740 --> 00:32:00,740 Doctor, 585 00:32:07,620 --> 00:32:10,040 how common is the use of Benadol for the treatment of schizophrenia? 586 00:32:11,180 --> 00:32:12,180 Objection. 587 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,940 Outside the witness's stated expertise. 588 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:17,740 I'll allow it. 589 00:32:18,090 --> 00:32:19,110 It's quite uncommon. 590 00:32:20,210 --> 00:32:22,970 Have you yourself ever prescribed the drug, Doctor? 591 00:32:23,170 --> 00:32:24,170 Oh, yes, I have. 592 00:32:24,730 --> 00:32:26,690 Do you continue to prescribe it? 593 00:32:27,070 --> 00:32:29,710 No, I haven't prescribed it in four or five years now. 594 00:32:30,910 --> 00:32:31,930 Why is that? 595 00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:35,090 Well, because there are other drugs that attain the same, if not better, results 596 00:32:35,090 --> 00:32:36,090 without the side effects. 597 00:32:36,230 --> 00:32:37,109 Uh -huh. 598 00:32:37,110 --> 00:32:41,030 Now, to the best of your knowledge, is that opinion shared by the medical 599 00:32:41,030 --> 00:32:42,030 community at large? 600 00:32:42,690 --> 00:32:43,690 Yes, it is. 601 00:32:43,770 --> 00:32:44,770 Thank you. 602 00:32:46,070 --> 00:32:49,570 Oh, by the way, Doctor, What is your opinion of cold 20? 603 00:32:50,030 --> 00:32:52,650 It's one of the better over -the -counter cold remedies available. 604 00:32:53,830 --> 00:32:54,830 No further questions. 605 00:32:56,130 --> 00:32:57,130 Counselor. 606 00:32:58,050 --> 00:33:02,270 Dr. Schwartz, before you would prescribe Benadol or any other drug for that 607 00:33:02,270 --> 00:33:06,270 matter, do you inquire as to what other medications a patient might be taking? 608 00:33:06,570 --> 00:33:10,210 If a patient is under my care, I expect to know exactly what medication that 609 00:33:10,210 --> 00:33:11,210 patient is taking. 610 00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:12,870 What about over -the -counter medication? 611 00:33:13,270 --> 00:33:14,770 I'd like to know about those two. 612 00:33:15,370 --> 00:33:16,890 Do you have your patients keep logs? 613 00:33:17,719 --> 00:33:20,240 Recording every time they take a cold pill or an antacid? 614 00:33:20,460 --> 00:33:21,560 No, I don't. Why not? 615 00:33:21,860 --> 00:33:23,500 Well, it seems excessive, unnecessary. 616 00:33:24,180 --> 00:33:27,360 Isn't it because you assume the over -the -counter medications to be safe, 617 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:28,860 doctor, or it wouldn't be on the market? 618 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,040 I would assume them to be safe, yes. 619 00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:34,180 Isn't it a fact that the reason that you assume these over -the -counter 620 00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:37,860 remedies to be safe to be taken with other medications is that there would be 621 00:33:37,860 --> 00:33:39,900 warning printed on the label if they weren't? 622 00:33:40,260 --> 00:33:41,780 That would be one way to tell. 623 00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:45,800 The other being your faith in a major pharmaceutical company like Northland. 624 00:33:45,860 --> 00:33:46,839 Isn't that right? 625 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,900 Well, I've placed my faith in Northland for more than 35 years. 626 00:33:50,740 --> 00:33:54,720 What would it do to your faith, Doctor, if five of your patients were rendered 627 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,900 permanently disabled by one of Northland's products? 628 00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:58,440 Objection. Withdrawn. 629 00:33:59,540 --> 00:34:01,840 By the way, Doctor, how much are you receiving to testify here today? 630 00:34:04,020 --> 00:34:06,560 My rate is $3 ,500 per day. 631 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:08,319 No further questions. 632 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:09,839 Pretty good. 633 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:11,239 Who's that could blow him away in summation? 634 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,960 He wears an earring, for God's sake. 635 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,380 It would be easy to think of this case as... 636 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:23,080 being five innocent and unfortunate people against a huge, profit -hungry 637 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:24,080 corporation. 638 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:25,900 But it wouldn't be true. 639 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:33,340 Northland Pharmaceutical is working men and women, chemists, secretaries, 640 00:34:33,340 --> 00:34:39,580 factory workers, truck drivers, all working toward providing the public with 641 00:34:39,580 --> 00:34:44,159 most recent advances in pharmacological research, all doing their part as health 642 00:34:44,159 --> 00:34:45,159 care providers. 643 00:34:46,219 --> 00:34:50,520 Now, keep in mind, ladies and gentlemen, that it was risk -taking by drug 644 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:56,159 companies that brought us such modern -day miracles as insulin, penicillin, 645 00:34:56,199 --> 00:35:03,060 tetracycline, that gave us vaccines for polio, smallpox, whooping cough. 646 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:08,880 Now, Northland is proud to be part of an industry that accomplished all of that. 647 00:35:13,290 --> 00:35:17,970 The reaction of five plaintiffs to cold 20, a cold remedy that has been used 648 00:35:17,970 --> 00:35:23,150 safely by millions for more than 18 years, were freak occurrences that no 649 00:35:23,150 --> 00:35:25,470 of research or planning could have been expected to predict. 650 00:35:27,090 --> 00:35:33,250 Now, we are all familiar with the human desire to find a villain, particularly a 651 00:35:33,250 --> 00:35:34,810 villain with a great deal of money. 652 00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:41,830 But each of you as jurors has a moral obligation to weigh facts. 653 00:35:42,730 --> 00:35:48,270 We may feel for the plaintiff's pain, but if the facts indicate that Northland 654 00:35:48,270 --> 00:35:51,830 could not have reasonably expected that cold 20 would be used in conjunction 655 00:35:51,830 --> 00:35:56,610 with Benadol to the detriment of the user, then you, as jurors, have an 656 00:35:56,610 --> 00:35:59,170 obligation to find in favor of the defendant. 657 00:35:59,670 --> 00:36:06,030 I wish to thank you in advance for your lending a careful eye and ear to the 658 00:36:06,030 --> 00:36:08,310 arguments raised in this courtroom. How's the basal skin response? 659 00:36:09,030 --> 00:36:10,030 Excellent. 660 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,720 That's a rough body language analysis. Shows that we're hitting on all 661 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:16,980 cylinders. Jurors 5 and 10 look like they'd give it up to Cusack on the first 662 00:36:16,980 --> 00:36:20,980 date. Well, let's just get through Claire's sterile summation, and we've 663 00:36:20,980 --> 00:36:21,779 what we need. 664 00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:26,900 Stephen O 'Neill, Ruth Hodges, Gordon DeJanowitz, Quentin Yu, 665 00:36:28,300 --> 00:36:29,680 Mildred Hipolito. 666 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:34,300 Not long ago, all five were struggling mightily to overcome their mental 667 00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:35,300 and succeeding. 668 00:36:35,820 --> 00:36:38,680 The friends and the families were proud of them. 669 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,120 Happy to have them back. 670 00:36:40,580 --> 00:36:44,380 Then one winter, they, along with millions of other people, caught colds. 671 00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:48,100 Each of them went to a drugstore, looking for the pill that they had seen 672 00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:50,660 advertised countless thousands of times on television. 673 00:36:51,340 --> 00:36:56,380 The cold remedy that promised fast, effective relief without drowsiness, 674 00:36:56,380 --> 00:37:01,160 side effects, safely and instantly and without a doubt. 675 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:05,340 They each bought a bottle of cold 20, went home... 676 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:10,820 Took it without a second thought and had their lives shattered like a wine glass 677 00:37:10,820 --> 00:37:11,820 thrown out of a window. 678 00:37:12,060 --> 00:37:13,500 They will never work again. 679 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,360 Nor will they be able to walk through a park or go to a movie. 680 00:37:19,140 --> 00:37:24,680 Their existences will be maintained only by elaborate, enormously expensive and 681 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:30,040 intrusive care. All semblance of independence and spontaneity gone 682 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,880 Now, Northland Pharmaceutical has told you... 683 00:37:36,010 --> 00:37:37,310 that this was a freak occurrence. 684 00:37:37,890 --> 00:37:42,870 They have told you how careful they are, how sorry they are, how despite their 685 00:37:42,870 --> 00:37:47,190 massive advertising and promotion to have people buy their products and 686 00:37:47,190 --> 00:37:51,790 them into their systems, they owe these five people nothing but a shrug of their 687 00:37:51,790 --> 00:37:58,790 shoulders. But the simple fact is that these five lives might very well have 688 00:37:58,790 --> 00:38:03,310 been destroyed if Northland would have given them a simple warning. 689 00:38:05,130 --> 00:38:07,510 A little extra ink was all it would have taken. 690 00:38:09,830 --> 00:38:16,450 While it is true that money will never make these lives whole again, 691 00:38:16,450 --> 00:38:19,430 money is all that Northland now has to give. 692 00:38:23,330 --> 00:38:26,030 At least let it give them that. 693 00:38:28,310 --> 00:38:29,249 All right. 694 00:38:29,250 --> 00:38:31,510 On my read, earring was close, but no cigar. 695 00:38:32,070 --> 00:38:33,070 What do you think? 696 00:38:35,319 --> 00:38:36,319 How's the basil? 697 00:38:37,140 --> 00:38:38,140 Huh? 698 00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:39,680 How was he tracking? 699 00:38:41,500 --> 00:38:42,500 I'm not sure. 700 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:45,800 What do you mean you're not sure? 701 00:38:47,740 --> 00:38:48,920 All right, jury number six. 702 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,400 Could you give us some of your immediate impressions, please? 703 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,900 Particularly about Mike Kuzak and how you would vote? 704 00:38:54,540 --> 00:38:55,540 It's a tough one. 705 00:38:55,980 --> 00:39:00,820 I mean, uh... Well, you can't expect the company to babysit everyone who takes 706 00:39:00,820 --> 00:39:01,820 one of their pills. 707 00:39:02,870 --> 00:39:05,010 Kuzak seems like a straight shooter to me. 708 00:39:05,450 --> 00:39:09,470 I don't know. I mean, you know, if they'd received a warning, I'd say it 709 00:39:09,470 --> 00:39:15,350 tough break. But without a warning, maybe give them a couple million dollars 710 00:39:15,350 --> 00:39:16,690 apiece and call it a day. 711 00:39:18,430 --> 00:39:19,388 Juror seven. 712 00:39:19,390 --> 00:39:21,210 I thought the doctor was very good. 713 00:39:22,030 --> 00:39:24,230 I thought Mr. Kuzak was terrific. 714 00:39:24,750 --> 00:39:25,910 But fair is fair. 715 00:39:26,170 --> 00:39:27,850 These people can't even work. 716 00:39:28,050 --> 00:39:29,710 What are they supposed to do, go on welfare? 717 00:39:30,170 --> 00:39:31,430 I'd make the company pay. 718 00:39:32,010 --> 00:39:36,250 And excuse me, but two million each is nothing for people who have suffered the 719 00:39:36,250 --> 00:39:37,250 way they have. 720 00:39:37,710 --> 00:39:41,190 I think they deserve at least five million apiece. 721 00:39:41,890 --> 00:39:42,890 Sure, number eight. 722 00:39:43,470 --> 00:39:45,610 I thought Mr. Cusack was very sincere. 723 00:39:46,070 --> 00:39:48,550 And I don't mind saying I think he is gorgeous. 724 00:39:49,490 --> 00:39:51,250 It's just that, well, what are you going to do? 725 00:39:51,470 --> 00:39:54,670 I mean, you have to give these people some money for what happened to them. 726 00:39:54,670 --> 00:39:56,070 not like Northland can't afford it. 727 00:39:57,050 --> 00:39:59,910 I'd give them maybe 20 million. 728 00:40:00,430 --> 00:40:01,109 All together. 729 00:40:01,110 --> 00:40:03,510 Mr. Cusack, can I see you for a minute? 730 00:40:06,290 --> 00:40:08,170 Thank you very much. We'll pick this up in a moment. 731 00:40:12,210 --> 00:40:16,950 Mike, you've got your authorization to settle. Malcolm, I'm not going near a 732 00:40:16,950 --> 00:40:20,530 jury with this one. Hold on a second. This is one focus group. The data we're 733 00:40:20,530 --> 00:40:21,530 getting is very raw. 734 00:40:21,570 --> 00:40:24,970 It seems to me I recall you saying this was a representative sampling, Malcolm. 735 00:40:25,630 --> 00:40:28,050 Don't tell me your methods are anything less than fully accurate. 736 00:40:28,330 --> 00:40:30,270 Well, perhaps the delivery wasn't all it could have been. 737 00:40:30,530 --> 00:40:32,910 I mean, the script is only as strong as the one speaking the lines. 738 00:40:33,130 --> 00:40:35,910 That's not where the problem lies. We've got an exposure. 739 00:40:37,430 --> 00:40:38,670 Why don't you just accept it? 740 00:40:39,050 --> 00:40:41,710 Pay the two dollars like the man says and be done with it. 741 00:40:41,930 --> 00:40:43,970 It's your two dollars. I'm just here to pinpoint your options. 742 00:40:44,290 --> 00:40:46,410 And you do a damn good job of it, gentlemen. 743 00:40:52,390 --> 00:40:54,010 I'm going to be around to pick up the clothes tomorrow. 744 00:41:15,210 --> 00:41:16,210 This isn't any fun. 745 00:41:16,630 --> 00:41:17,830 For either of us. 746 00:41:18,630 --> 00:41:22,230 Look, if you're unhappy, if you can't live with things the way they are, maybe 747 00:41:22,230 --> 00:41:23,330 you ought to think about another job. 748 00:41:25,430 --> 00:41:26,430 That's a good idea. 749 00:41:26,570 --> 00:41:28,650 I'm gone all next week anyway for jury duty. 750 00:41:29,050 --> 00:41:30,470 You can start interviewing then. 751 00:41:32,030 --> 00:41:33,030 In my office. 752 00:41:33,450 --> 00:41:37,330 What's the point? Can we talk about this in my office, please? 753 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:52,460 Look, I'm sorry. I was way out of line, that business about replacing you. 754 00:41:52,820 --> 00:41:53,820 It's your option. 755 00:41:53,980 --> 00:41:57,060 Rox, nobody can replace you. 756 00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:58,920 Then pay me what I'm worth. 757 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:03,220 You are absolutely refusing to see this thing through my eyes. 758 00:42:03,420 --> 00:42:04,440 I'm sorry, Arnie. 759 00:42:04,700 --> 00:42:06,000 I'm worth what I'm worth. 760 00:42:06,300 --> 00:42:10,400 And if I can't get it here, then I'll get it somewhere else. I thought we were 761 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:11,400 friends. 762 00:42:11,820 --> 00:42:15,620 I thought... I thought that we could count on each other. 763 00:42:16,090 --> 00:42:18,790 Your idea of friendship is a little uneven, if you ask me. 764 00:42:19,210 --> 00:42:22,030 You are driving a skewer through my heart, Roxanne. 765 00:42:22,890 --> 00:42:25,350 I have never been so hurt in my entire life. 766 00:42:25,690 --> 00:42:26,990 Honey, please don't say that. 767 00:42:27,430 --> 00:42:32,670 I am not trying to hurt you. Ever since Carolyn Glassman shot her husband, never 768 00:42:32,670 --> 00:42:35,990 mind that I could have been killed, I have been living with a nightmare. 769 00:42:36,270 --> 00:42:39,050 I have had to wrestle with the question of whether or not I was responsible for 770 00:42:39,050 --> 00:42:42,110 what happened in there. It has been the worst two weeks of my life. 771 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:46,080 Plus which, I have just moved into a new house. I am financially on the ropes 772 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,080 myself. 773 00:42:47,940 --> 00:42:49,720 Roxanne, I thought that we loved each other. 774 00:42:49,980 --> 00:42:54,440 But to find out that you've reduced our relationship into nothing more than a 775 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,900 couple of lousy dollars and all I am to you is a paycheck? 776 00:42:58,380 --> 00:42:59,198 Arnie, please. 777 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:00,200 No! 778 00:43:41,410 --> 00:43:42,410 Hi. Hi. 779 00:43:43,990 --> 00:43:48,570 Can we just pretend that this whole thing never happened and be friends 780 00:43:50,310 --> 00:43:51,430 What about your taxes? 781 00:43:52,290 --> 00:43:53,430 I'll figure something out. 782 00:43:54,470 --> 00:43:57,850 Actually, I could forward all your docs over to Alan Duke at Krauskopf Climate. 783 00:43:58,410 --> 00:44:02,290 He'd like them. He's your basic everything in a shopping bag kind of 784 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,640 Ann, I really feel like I have to get to the bottom of this. 785 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:12,880 Don't you care what happens to you after you're 65? 786 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:17,200 Maybe I don't want to retire. Maybe I just plan to work until I drop. 787 00:44:18,340 --> 00:44:19,740 What if you got sick up a bit? 788 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:21,720 Okay. 789 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,420 When I talk to Alan Duke, I'll ask him about setting up a retirement plan. 790 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:27,400 Okay? 791 00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,860 Can we stop talking about it now and go have some dinner? 792 00:44:30,940 --> 00:44:31,940 One more thing? 793 00:44:32,940 --> 00:44:35,610 Stuart. It'll help when next year's tax is, okay? 794 00:44:37,870 --> 00:44:38,870 Sell your condo. 795 00:44:39,630 --> 00:44:40,630 What? 796 00:44:41,010 --> 00:44:45,030 Given your situation and property values in your neighborhood, it's really the 797 00:44:45,030 --> 00:44:45,629 best time. 798 00:44:45,630 --> 00:44:47,270 I mean, the market's absolutely topped out. 799 00:44:47,770 --> 00:44:48,970 Interest rates have got to go back up. 800 00:44:49,270 --> 00:44:50,710 Stuart, it's my only asset. 801 00:44:51,050 --> 00:44:54,330 Right. So convert it and make a quick $60 ,000, $70 ,000 profit. 802 00:44:54,890 --> 00:44:56,650 You remember what I told you about capital gains taxes? 803 00:44:56,950 --> 00:44:58,010 Got all that money to play with. 804 00:44:58,490 --> 00:45:00,150 Great, if I want to live under a park bench. 805 00:45:00,470 --> 00:45:02,830 Well, Ann, the whole thing doesn't make sense unless you move in with me. 806 00:45:04,759 --> 00:45:05,840 Whoa, back up. 807 00:45:06,500 --> 00:45:08,880 Are you saying I should move in with you for tax purposes? 808 00:45:09,660 --> 00:45:11,180 No, not primarily. 809 00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:12,920 I mean, you're there most of the time anyway. 810 00:45:15,180 --> 00:45:18,040 Certainly not the most romantic proposition I ever imagined. 811 00:45:18,820 --> 00:45:24,320 Well, I was going to propose you move in because... because I love you. 812 00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:30,800 And because you give my life meaning and joy. 813 00:45:33,420 --> 00:45:37,060 And because the thought of waking up next to you is my profoundest happiness. 814 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:42,560 But I thought if I did that, I might scare you off. 815 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:47,120 It's a big step. Can I think about it? 816 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:48,560 Absolutely. 817 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:53,940 Okay, I thought about it.