1 00:00:02,300 --> 00:00:04,100 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,380 --> 00:00:05,880 Oh, a baby. 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,640 Hi. Hi, honey. Oh, she's so beautiful. 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:12,900 Yes, she is. 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,940 Can I see her? 6 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:17,160 Sure. 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,880 You missed a spot. 8 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:27,600 Where? 9 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,100 Roxanne, do you realize that you and Dave are going to make more money off my 10 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:44,360 videotape than I am? That if you divorced him tomorrow, you'd come out 11 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,760 million bucks cash in community property. 12 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:48,100 Is that fair? 13 00:00:53,580 --> 00:00:54,580 Rox? 14 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:57,280 Roxanne? 15 00:00:59,620 --> 00:01:00,620 Thank you, 16 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:06,160 Charlotte. 17 00:01:07,310 --> 00:01:08,310 Thank you, Wanda. 18 00:01:08,470 --> 00:01:09,910 Thank you, Karen. Looking good. 19 00:01:11,210 --> 00:01:12,410 Thank you, rock band. 20 00:01:13,150 --> 00:01:14,150 Thank you. 21 00:01:16,450 --> 00:01:19,330 Well, how'd we do this week, Gretchen? 22 00:01:25,110 --> 00:01:26,110 Sorry, 23 00:01:27,350 --> 00:01:29,150 girls. My aerobic class ran late. 24 00:01:29,570 --> 00:01:30,770 Here's my workbook, Les. 25 00:01:31,070 --> 00:01:32,490 How was your trip to Cancun? 26 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:36,110 Fabuloso. I got a tan all the way up to here. 27 00:01:37,710 --> 00:01:42,270 Uh, you've lost six more pounds. Congratulations, Tammy. Thank you, Les, 28 00:01:42,270 --> 00:01:43,330 still way overweight. 29 00:01:44,070 --> 00:01:45,070 Right here. 30 00:01:45,650 --> 00:01:48,030 Would that we were all as disciplined as Tammy. 31 00:01:48,550 --> 00:01:52,350 Thank you, Les, but I'm sure we're all trying our darndest, aren't we, girls? 32 00:01:52,710 --> 00:01:53,710 Sure we are. 33 00:01:53,950 --> 00:01:56,090 Roxanne, I see you've gained two pounds. 34 00:01:56,970 --> 00:02:01,010 I'm holding water. According to your Thursday night log, you're holding more 35 00:02:01,010 --> 00:02:02,010 than water. 36 00:02:02,170 --> 00:02:03,470 I can't help it. 37 00:02:04,130 --> 00:02:06,030 It's my husband's poker night. 38 00:02:06,670 --> 00:02:09,810 He brings home pizza and ice cream and cake. 39 00:02:10,190 --> 00:02:14,190 If you want my opinion, it sounds as if your husband is subtly encouraging you 40 00:02:14,190 --> 00:02:18,190 to stay obese as a way of suppressing your sexual attractiveness. What are 41 00:02:18,310 --> 00:02:21,350 the world's foremost authority on my sex life? 42 00:02:21,610 --> 00:02:25,230 Well, it doesn't take an authority to see that your husband is expressing a 43 00:02:25,230 --> 00:02:26,810 of latent hostility toward you. 44 00:02:27,050 --> 00:02:29,030 Tammy, why don't you mind your own business? 45 00:02:29,690 --> 00:02:31,870 You see, you're doing it too. Doing what? 46 00:02:32,210 --> 00:02:35,570 Dumping all your hostility on me instead of on your husband where it belongs. 47 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,020 Excuse me. That wasn't hostility. 48 00:02:39,420 --> 00:02:41,380 This is hostility. 49 00:04:36,140 --> 00:04:37,720 All right, getting started. 50 00:04:39,020 --> 00:04:41,320 Meister versus prime location ticket. 51 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:42,800 Yeah, it's me. 52 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,220 Strain of trade and breach of contract. I'm going to be in depositions all week. 53 00:04:46,540 --> 00:04:49,700 Dillard versus Richmond School District. Anne, you met yesterday. 54 00:04:50,020 --> 00:04:51,020 We slid to Thursday. 55 00:04:51,220 --> 00:04:55,980 Why? A little nanny crisis I spent yesterday home. And so it begins. 56 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:58,440 What begins? 57 00:04:59,020 --> 00:05:03,160 The domestic emergency is taking precedence over work. We all understand, 58 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,600 sure, although some of us have assumed you'd be a bit more resistant to the 59 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:07,800 of maternal gravity. 60 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,180 Don't talk with your mouth full, Douglas. 61 00:05:13,420 --> 00:05:15,820 Ackerman versus Lewis Mortuary. 62 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:17,280 What's this? 63 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,200 A disaster. 64 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,580 Mrs. Ackerman called me last night. 65 00:05:21,940 --> 00:05:24,940 Yesterday was her husband's funeral. It all fell apart. 66 00:05:25,540 --> 00:05:28,140 They mishandled the body. It still hasn't been buried. 67 00:05:28,490 --> 00:05:30,350 We're rushing in to get a court order. 68 00:05:31,250 --> 00:05:33,150 They mishandled the body, huh? 69 00:05:33,650 --> 00:05:34,670 You don't want to know. 70 00:05:35,550 --> 00:05:36,550 Yuck. 71 00:05:37,030 --> 00:05:38,790 Davis versus Eastland Hospital. 72 00:05:39,110 --> 00:05:40,110 Trial starts today. 73 00:05:40,170 --> 00:05:42,950 You know, I still can't believe that the hospital is letting it go to a jury. 74 00:05:43,190 --> 00:05:47,190 Their exposure is less than you might think. The woman made how much a year? 75 00:05:47,490 --> 00:05:49,790 The most was 17 .5. 76 00:05:50,010 --> 00:05:53,950 They refuse to admit a woman because she has no insurance. She dies less than 24 77 00:05:53,950 --> 00:05:56,890 hours later. A jury can always find a way to make them pay. 78 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,480 A loss of love and affection, that's the key. Just out of curiosity, what is the 79 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,120 hospital supposed to do? Fill up its beds with non -paying patients? 80 00:06:03,380 --> 00:06:06,000 If non -paying patients are sick and dying, yeah, they're supposed to fill up 81 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,720 their beds with whoever needs to be in them. And then who's supposed to pick up 82 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:09,519 the tab? 83 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,100 Me? You ever get sick and not go to a doctor because you couldn't afford it? 84 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:15,620 ever not get a prescription filled because you couldn't afford it? You ever 85 00:06:15,620 --> 00:06:19,380 watch your sister's baby die because she came home from the hospital before she 86 00:06:19,380 --> 00:06:20,980 should have? Who's gonna pick up the tab? 87 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,700 I got mine, right? I got mine. 88 00:06:25,770 --> 00:06:28,150 I hope you nail these bastards, Mike. You nail them to the wall. 89 00:06:29,170 --> 00:06:30,170 Yeah. 90 00:06:30,310 --> 00:06:31,830 Excuse me, where's Roxanne Myers? 91 00:06:32,250 --> 00:06:33,330 Over there. Thank you. 92 00:06:39,490 --> 00:06:40,490 Roxanne Myers? 93 00:06:40,510 --> 00:06:41,510 Myers, yes. 94 00:06:41,770 --> 00:06:42,830 We have a warrant for your arrest. 95 00:06:43,890 --> 00:06:47,210 What? Could you step away from the desk, ma 'am? What are you talking about? 96 00:06:47,990 --> 00:06:49,230 Is this some kind of joke? 97 00:06:49,490 --> 00:06:50,710 Do you know a Tamara Jacobs? 98 00:06:52,410 --> 00:06:56,050 Tamara? She's filed battery charges against you. Oh, for God's sake. 99 00:06:56,530 --> 00:06:58,010 Would you please step away from the desk, ma 'am? 100 00:07:00,430 --> 00:07:02,350 You have the right to remain silent. 101 00:07:03,270 --> 00:07:06,550 Anything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law. 102 00:07:07,030 --> 00:07:09,890 You have the right to have an attorney... Hey, what's going on out 103 00:07:10,190 --> 00:07:12,350 Roxanne? Arnie, make him stop. 104 00:07:12,870 --> 00:07:16,770 Would you just cut it out for a second? I am an attorney. Do you have a warrant? 105 00:07:19,810 --> 00:07:20,850 That's for real, all right. 106 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,400 Do you understand? Each of these rights... Look, look. Is it really 107 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,900 cuff her for a misdemeanor? I'm sorry, Counselor. 108 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:29,800 Everything's going to be all right, okay? 109 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:31,420 Jonathan will be right behind you. 110 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:33,820 You'll be back at your desk before lunch. 111 00:07:34,060 --> 00:07:36,420 Do you understand? Each of these rights... Jonathan, do you? Yeah. 112 00:07:36,740 --> 00:07:38,700 Do you wish to waive your right to remain silent? 113 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,960 No, I don't. Do you wish to give up your right to an attorney during a blessing? 114 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:43,320 No. 115 00:07:53,690 --> 00:07:57,130 Aside from reviewing the Adams file one more time, I think we're covered. Okay, 116 00:07:57,150 --> 00:07:58,150 we'll get it to you this afternoon. 117 00:07:58,370 --> 00:07:59,349 Good. 118 00:07:59,350 --> 00:08:00,350 Hi. 119 00:08:01,070 --> 00:08:02,070 Guess what? 120 00:08:02,130 --> 00:08:03,130 What? 121 00:08:03,250 --> 00:08:05,210 Turns out you didn't have to come down here at all today. 122 00:08:05,890 --> 00:08:08,630 There's a few last -minute things we didn't get to this morning, and the 123 00:08:08,630 --> 00:08:09,850 decided to start the trial tomorrow. 124 00:08:10,210 --> 00:08:13,190 I'm glad I didn't take the whole day off. Well, as long as you're here, you 125 00:08:13,190 --> 00:08:14,190 to go over the lineup? 126 00:08:14,230 --> 00:08:15,230 Sure. 127 00:08:16,230 --> 00:08:19,470 Dr. Brian McKenna, testifying as an expert as to cause of death. 128 00:08:19,980 --> 00:08:23,380 Followed by Hector Corvallis, former resident at Eastland. Followed by Kate 129 00:08:23,380 --> 00:08:25,060 Adams, former ER nurse. 130 00:08:25,540 --> 00:08:28,060 Followed by Cornell Geisler, our insurance expert. 131 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:29,400 Followed by you. 132 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:30,459 Sounds good. 133 00:08:30,460 --> 00:08:32,120 I also have another offer to tell you about. 134 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,059 Yeah? $100 ,000 payable over two years. 135 00:08:35,460 --> 00:08:37,780 No, thank you. Believe me, I'm not recommending it. 136 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,919 But you are still open to considering offers, aren't you? To tell you the 137 00:08:43,020 --> 00:08:44,020 not real open. 138 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,260 Well, the point may come when you should be. 139 00:08:46,660 --> 00:08:47,780 What are you telling me, Mike? 140 00:08:48,110 --> 00:08:50,290 Just that we should be smart about what we're doing here. 141 00:08:51,410 --> 00:08:55,890 This may not be a particularly good offer, but one may come in that is. The 142 00:08:55,890 --> 00:08:59,590 that your wife didn't earn very much will in all likelihood be considered by 143 00:08:59,590 --> 00:09:03,270 jury. The fact that she didn't earn very much is the reason why she's dead. 144 00:09:04,550 --> 00:09:06,070 Now, I want to go to court. 145 00:09:06,830 --> 00:09:09,030 You don't have to fight us. We're going to go to court. 146 00:09:09,310 --> 00:09:13,470 Just understand that Dorothy and I wouldn't be doing our jobs if we didn't 147 00:09:13,470 --> 00:09:14,490 you aware of all the risks. 148 00:09:14,790 --> 00:09:17,030 I have to be able to say what they did, Mike. 149 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,280 You don't send a dog out to die the way they did Jackie. 150 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:21,980 They want to give me some money? 151 00:09:22,380 --> 00:09:24,420 Tell me, what am I going to buy with it? 152 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:31,540 This is only the second funeral I ever taped. Usually I stick to weddings and 153 00:09:31,540 --> 00:09:35,540 bar mitzvahs. Well, I figured this would be the ultimate tribute to Izzy. 154 00:09:36,260 --> 00:09:39,420 Objection. Just tell us some relevant facts, Mr. Greenberg. 155 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:40,640 Okay. 156 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:45,040 All right, here. 157 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:46,660 They're lifting the coffin. 158 00:09:48,270 --> 00:09:53,350 All right? And keep your eye on the big guy turning the corner. Fat Morty. We 159 00:09:53,350 --> 00:09:57,530 call him that affectionately. He loves it. All right, I'm going to freeze frame 160 00:09:57,530 --> 00:10:01,970 here. All right? You can already see on his face, Morty's in trouble here. 161 00:10:02,070 --> 00:10:06,190 Double hernia last year. Why he's up there, can anybody tell me? 162 00:10:06,710 --> 00:10:09,550 That's Milton behind him. He's not really lifting. 163 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:12,230 All right, now I'm going to run this in slow motion. 164 00:10:12,470 --> 00:10:16,310 Okay, there. Morty's starting to drop. The coffin's starting to flip. 165 00:10:16,550 --> 00:10:21,410 Whoop! Here's Izzy, right out of the box. They're falling like duckpins. 166 00:10:21,690 --> 00:10:23,290 Listen, listen, everybody's screaming. 167 00:10:23,490 --> 00:10:28,270 I tried to zoom in on him, but I lost focus here, okay? But a little better, 168 00:10:28,350 --> 00:10:32,790 huh? All right, now. Okay, okay, I get it. Stop the tape. But we didn't get to 169 00:10:32,790 --> 00:10:36,770 the best part when we see that the body isn't Izzy. What do you mean it isn't 170 00:10:36,770 --> 00:10:40,310 Izzy? They stuck the wrong guy in the box. Look at this, okay? 171 00:10:40,550 --> 00:10:42,170 Another close -up of the guy. 172 00:10:43,490 --> 00:10:45,130 Look at this. Isn't this great? 173 00:10:46,300 --> 00:10:49,880 Some of my best work. Hold it, hold it, hold it. Turn that thing off. 174 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:53,620 Who was that in the box? 175 00:10:54,190 --> 00:10:57,910 I don't know, but it wasn't Izzy. They chopped him into bits. Sylvia. 176 00:10:58,350 --> 00:11:02,530 Objection. They sent his body to a research lab and they diced him. Mrs. 177 00:11:02,650 --> 00:11:05,850 Ackerman. They diced my Izzy. The hospital did right. 178 00:11:06,150 --> 00:11:07,150 Everyone quiet. 179 00:11:07,450 --> 00:11:10,110 It was an honest mistake. You were supposed to bury him. We got two bodies 180 00:11:10,110 --> 00:11:11,049 the same day. 181 00:11:11,050 --> 00:11:13,110 You sent him to a butcher's because he chopped something like celery. 182 00:11:13,470 --> 00:11:15,730 Everyone stop talking now. 183 00:11:16,330 --> 00:11:21,710 Am I to understand that the bodies were switched and the real Izzy was 184 00:11:21,710 --> 00:11:23,390 dismembered? To bits. 185 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:28,320 Yes, and we would like this court to order the defendant to retrieve every 186 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:32,800 piece of my client's late husband, as well as issue restraining orders to the 187 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:36,060 various hospitals who have him so he's not dissected. 188 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:40,680 These hospitals are out of state. I don't know if I can do anything. 189 00:11:49,750 --> 00:11:53,930 I'll take this all under advisement and try and give you a ruling as fast as I 190 00:11:53,930 --> 00:11:58,130 can. In the meantime, Mr. Braunstein, I would suggest that your client start 191 00:11:58,130 --> 00:12:01,130 taking immediate steps to collect the deceased. 192 00:12:03,950 --> 00:12:04,950 Unbelievable. 193 00:12:10,770 --> 00:12:11,770 Sorry. 194 00:12:13,750 --> 00:12:15,930 You had to negotiate Dave out of coming along. 195 00:12:16,330 --> 00:12:17,370 Hey, you would have been welcome. 196 00:12:17,590 --> 00:12:18,590 Speak for yourself. 197 00:12:18,860 --> 00:12:22,540 Criminal complaint number 8847, people versus Roxanne Meyer. 198 00:12:22,740 --> 00:12:25,480 Jonathan Rollins for the defendant, Your Honor. William Raleigh for the city 199 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:26,480 attorney's office. 200 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:30,380 Ms. Meyer is charged with assault after attacking a fellow student in her diet 201 00:12:30,380 --> 00:12:32,680 class. I'd be looking to continue, O .R., Judge. 202 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:36,360 Ms. Meyer has no criminal record, and this was an isolated outburst provoked 203 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,800 the victim's derogatory slurs regarding my client's physicality. I told her she 204 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,000 looked good, for God's sake, and she punched me! 205 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,840 And this would be the victim, I take it? Civilian complaint, Your Honor. Mm 206 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:47,769 -hmm. 207 00:12:47,770 --> 00:12:51,310 By any chance, would the victim's attorney be at all accessible at this 208 00:12:51,310 --> 00:12:53,050 moment? I'm right here, Your Honor. 209 00:12:53,370 --> 00:12:54,370 Roland Burnett. 210 00:12:54,610 --> 00:12:55,610 Surprise, surprise. 211 00:12:55,730 --> 00:12:56,830 Step up, Mr. Burnett. 212 00:12:57,930 --> 00:13:01,250 You wouldn't be urging criminal prosecution to bolster your civil cause 213 00:13:01,250 --> 00:13:02,169 action, would you? 214 00:13:02,170 --> 00:13:03,170 Oh, no, Your Honor. 215 00:13:03,250 --> 00:13:04,250 Oh, no. 216 00:13:05,170 --> 00:13:09,410 Tell you what, I'm continuing this matter for one week, during which time I 217 00:13:09,410 --> 00:13:11,690 think the attorney should get together and work things out. 218 00:13:12,190 --> 00:13:14,590 If you do, I'll dismiss. Is that okay with you, Mr. Riley? 219 00:13:15,130 --> 00:13:16,130 Fine. What? 220 00:13:16,570 --> 00:13:18,230 You're just going to put her back on the streets? 221 00:13:18,530 --> 00:13:19,530 Call me crazy. 222 00:13:21,010 --> 00:13:23,490 Settle this council. It'll make me very happy. 223 00:13:24,010 --> 00:13:27,850 If you can't, well, I'll still be your judge. 224 00:13:28,230 --> 00:13:29,069 That's all. 225 00:13:29,070 --> 00:13:29,929 Next case. 226 00:13:29,930 --> 00:13:30,930 Come on. 227 00:13:35,510 --> 00:13:37,270 It's going to be a tough week for lunch. 228 00:13:37,770 --> 00:13:41,950 Let's give ourselves a running start for a change. How about dinner? An evening? 229 00:13:42,270 --> 00:13:43,270 A night? 230 00:13:43,370 --> 00:13:44,370 A night. 231 00:13:45,189 --> 00:13:46,189 All right. 232 00:13:47,330 --> 00:13:49,070 Eric's got a birthday party to go to on Thursday. 233 00:13:49,410 --> 00:13:50,950 I bet I could arrange a sleepover for him. 234 00:13:51,270 --> 00:13:54,390 One for him and one for me. Thursday night's out. I'm on duty. 235 00:13:55,070 --> 00:13:57,010 I just don't want to bend Eric's routine now, Shane. 236 00:13:57,410 --> 00:13:58,410 Sure, sure. 237 00:13:58,590 --> 00:13:59,610 How about lunch tomorrow? 238 00:13:59,950 --> 00:14:00,950 Can't. Friday. 239 00:14:01,150 --> 00:14:02,150 I'm going to be in Van Nuys. 240 00:14:02,750 --> 00:14:06,090 Can you imagine how impossible scheduling a menage a trois would be? 241 00:14:06,090 --> 00:14:07,830 today? Now, are you busy? 242 00:14:08,310 --> 00:14:10,710 Oh, I've got to be in Whittier at 2 .30. 243 00:14:11,090 --> 00:14:12,370 And I should really... 244 00:14:13,870 --> 00:14:15,350 I can't, really. 245 00:14:16,110 --> 00:14:17,110 Let's go. 246 00:14:18,250 --> 00:14:23,550 Dr. McKenna, you examined Eastland Hospital's records of Jackie Davis's 247 00:14:23,670 --> 00:14:26,210 right? I have. Can you tell us what they say? 248 00:14:26,950 --> 00:14:32,330 They say that on June 14th, 1984, she went to the emergency room complaining 249 00:14:32,330 --> 00:14:33,330 nausea and fatigue. 250 00:14:33,610 --> 00:14:35,930 She also had a severe rash. And... 251 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:40,260 What was done for her? Objection. Dr. McKenna wasn't present and isn't in a 252 00:14:40,260 --> 00:14:42,640 position to testify what was or wasn't done. 253 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,580 He is a trained forensic pathologist who studied the records and the body. If 254 00:14:46,580 --> 00:14:49,140 Mr. Spitzer wants to refute his testimony, he can try. 255 00:14:49,460 --> 00:14:53,560 Objection overruled. The witness can answer. They took a pregnancy test. They 256 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,380 took her blood pressure. They took her temperature. 257 00:14:55,580 --> 00:15:01,460 Then they sent her on her way. And in your best medical opinion, what should 258 00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:02,480 have been done for her? 259 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:03,720 At a minimum... 260 00:15:03,790 --> 00:15:07,050 They should have checked for protein after they took the pregnancy test. That 261 00:15:07,050 --> 00:15:08,670 right there would have told them something was wrong. 262 00:15:08,890 --> 00:15:11,750 There are simple blood tests for creatinine and urea. 263 00:15:11,970 --> 00:15:13,510 They cost about $10 each. 264 00:15:13,710 --> 00:15:14,850 They didn't do either one. 265 00:15:15,090 --> 00:15:17,650 Had they done them, could Jackie Davis' life have been saved? 266 00:15:17,970 --> 00:15:22,250 Objection. I don't think Dr. McKenna is trained as God, is he? He's being asked 267 00:15:22,250 --> 00:15:24,550 his medical opinion, Mrs. Spitzer. Sit down, please. 268 00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:28,550 Any one of the procedures I've suggested would have shown Jackie Davis to be 269 00:15:28,550 --> 00:15:32,470 suffering from acute renal failure brought on by undiagnosed lupus 270 00:15:33,390 --> 00:15:35,050 In other words, her kidneys stopped working. 271 00:15:35,470 --> 00:15:37,450 She could have been dialyzed and put on medication. 272 00:15:37,710 --> 00:15:40,790 In my opinion, she stood an excellent chance of full recovery. 273 00:15:41,050 --> 00:15:43,170 Thank you, Doctor. I have no further questions. 274 00:15:43,510 --> 00:15:47,910 Tell us, Doctor, what does the expression, when you hear hoofbeats, 275 00:15:47,910 --> 00:15:50,090 horses, not zebras, mean? 276 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:55,560 It means that in diagnosing a patient, you start by attributing symptoms to 277 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,280 common rather than less common causes. 278 00:15:57,500 --> 00:16:01,500 So when Jackie Davis came in complaining of nausea and fatigue, would you be 279 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:06,420 more likely to attribute it to a stomach virus or acute renal failure brought on 280 00:16:06,420 --> 00:16:08,820 by undiagnosed lupus nephritis? 281 00:16:09,180 --> 00:16:13,360 A stomach virus, initially. Which is exactly what the physician on duty at 282 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,500 Eastland Hospital did. The problem lies in what he didn't do. 283 00:16:17,700 --> 00:16:21,900 Thank you, doctor. Isn't it a fact that hospitals transfer and release patients 284 00:16:21,900 --> 00:16:25,680 who are unable to pay all the time? Not patients who are dying. But Jackie Davis 285 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:28,140 didn't appear to be dying. She appeared to be stable. 286 00:16:28,380 --> 00:16:31,580 And a simple battery of basic diagnostic procedures would have shown that she 287 00:16:31,580 --> 00:16:33,840 wasn't. Which at the time didn't appear to be necessary. 288 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:39,340 You ever misdiagnose a patient, doctor? Not because they weren't insured. 289 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,940 Do you treat patients for free? I sure as hell don't kick them out the door 290 00:16:42,940 --> 00:16:43,940 because they're poor. 291 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,260 I didn't become a doctor so I could stand behind a turnstile and watch 292 00:16:47,260 --> 00:16:48,300 die on the other side. 293 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,220 I'm ruling that injunctive relief is warranted here, and I'm ordering the 294 00:16:55,220 --> 00:16:57,980 defendant to retrieve the body parts of Isidore Ackerman. 295 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,100 But we've already got a lot back, Your Honor. 296 00:17:00,780 --> 00:17:05,619 Mr. Ackerman's torso is doing from Cleveland, even as we speak, and this 297 00:17:05,619 --> 00:17:07,280 we located his pancreas in Detroit. 298 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:10,720 There is still the issue of the head, Your Honor. 299 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:13,800 What issue? It went to a teaching university in Miami. 300 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,800 They refused to give it back. And why is that? They purchased it from UCAL 301 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,200 Medical, and they claim that it's a valid contract for goods under the 302 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:22,200 Commercial Code. 303 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:26,760 Now, if you nullify it on the grounds of public policy, we can take that order 304 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:31,020 and try to get the contract voided under some reciprocity, maybe. You want me to 305 00:17:31,020 --> 00:17:35,300 render an opinion on the Uniform Commercial Code as it applies to the 306 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:36,300 of a human head? 307 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,700 I know it sounds crazy, but we're getting desperate. 308 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,820 The police don't regard it as foul play, so they won't get involved. 309 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:50,140 My client's only chance of getting her husband back is through a court order. 310 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:52,700 Well, I'll give you the order, Mr. McKenzie, but I don't know what good 311 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:53,880 going to do in a Florida court. 312 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:56,220 Oh, I'll never see Izzy again. 313 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:58,620 Oh, my God. 314 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,080 My sweetheart is gone forever. 315 00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:06,080 I'm sorry, Mrs. Ackerman, but I'm afraid the only real remedy here is money 316 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,460 damages. I don't want money. 317 00:18:09,340 --> 00:18:10,840 I want my Izzy. 318 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:14,680 How can I bury him without his head? 319 00:18:15,020 --> 00:18:16,020 I'm sorry, ma 'am. 320 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:20,040 We can try, but I just don't know. 321 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,660 Happy birthday, Mrs. Meyer. Our reservation is at 8. I thought you were 322 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:45,380 meet me at home. I was in the area. I thought we'd drive home together. 323 00:18:45,900 --> 00:18:47,180 Let me just go to the ladies' room. 324 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:49,280 Dave Meyer. 325 00:18:49,380 --> 00:18:50,380 Nice to see you, Douglas. 326 00:18:51,420 --> 00:18:52,420 Dave Meyer. 327 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:53,600 Have you got a minute for me? 328 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:55,160 Yeah, sure. 329 00:18:55,940 --> 00:18:58,280 I want you to know how much I admire your work, Dave. 330 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:03,740 Considering your success with Arnold, I was hoping you would indulge me for a 331 00:19:03,740 --> 00:19:05,940 minute while I propose another videotape. 332 00:19:06,410 --> 00:19:08,610 Well, I'm always looking for new title. 333 00:19:09,610 --> 00:19:10,610 Have a seat. 334 00:19:11,050 --> 00:19:12,050 What's it about? 335 00:19:13,690 --> 00:19:16,310 I'm calling it Office Management to Win. 336 00:19:17,130 --> 00:19:19,610 As a matter of fact, I've been working on a script. 337 00:19:22,550 --> 00:19:23,509 May I? 338 00:19:23,510 --> 00:19:24,510 Yeah, sure. 339 00:19:27,110 --> 00:19:29,250 It's rough, but I think it's in the ballpark. 340 00:19:31,130 --> 00:19:33,230 They've called me Bean Counter. 341 00:19:33,510 --> 00:19:34,870 They've called me... 342 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:36,100 Pencil pusher. 343 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:37,700 I don't get insulted. 344 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:39,000 I don't get defensive. 345 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:43,020 When the dust settles, they call me manager. 346 00:19:44,540 --> 00:19:49,220 Very punchy. Staff people can stare into space when there's a lull in the work, 347 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:55,360 or they can oil chair casters so plexiglass rug protectors don't get 348 00:19:55,500 --> 00:20:01,900 They can comb moribund files for paper fasteners and dividers. I'm not 349 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:04,220 altogether sure what the market is here, Doug. 350 00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:05,700 I think it's vast. 351 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:07,780 Mm -hmm. Well, it might very well be. 352 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,180 Could we discuss this some other time? 353 00:20:10,420 --> 00:20:11,420 Any time. 354 00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:13,180 I'll be in touch. 355 00:20:18,620 --> 00:20:24,020 Is it okay? 356 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,280 Perfectamundo. You people have my sympathy. 357 00:20:29,140 --> 00:20:30,140 What's that, Dave? 358 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:34,560 I just had to listen to an endless Douglas Brackman spiel. I think I'd 359 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:35,560 have root canal. 360 00:20:35,580 --> 00:20:37,420 This guy is insufferable. 361 00:20:42,140 --> 00:20:43,140 Mike, 362 00:20:45,420 --> 00:20:50,300 I gotta tell you, whatever you paid McKenna to testify was money well spent. 363 00:20:50,780 --> 00:20:52,000 That's why you're here, Russell. 364 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:53,620 That's why we're here. 365 00:20:54,460 --> 00:20:58,300 Now, having made the necessary confessions, how about we talk some 366 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:00,440 Talk. 367 00:21:02,060 --> 00:21:05,240 We're willing to sweeten the original offer to the tune of $300 ,000. 368 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:06,880 Payable immediately. 369 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:10,540 For the death of an unemployed speech therapist, it ain't a bad day's work. 370 00:21:10,740 --> 00:21:11,699 I don't know. 371 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:15,420 Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Mike, the guy's a day laborer. He hasn't seen this 372 00:21:15,420 --> 00:21:16,700 much money in his whole life. 373 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:17,899 Right. 374 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:20,780 And if you could have, you would have sent him home with a handshake and a 375 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:21,780 bill. 376 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:23,900 Well, you can't do that with me. 377 00:21:24,180 --> 00:21:25,940 So what'll it take to buy you off? 378 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,140 I think the discussion's over, gentlemen. 379 00:21:31,950 --> 00:21:34,510 Why not be honest about it? This is just greed. 380 00:21:34,970 --> 00:21:38,030 You got a deep pocket to pick and you want to come away with all you can. 381 00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:41,270 You throw a dying woman out of the hospital because she doesn't have enough 382 00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:42,890 money and you talk to me about greed? 383 00:21:44,430 --> 00:21:46,110 Get this guy out of my sight, Russell. 384 00:22:08,910 --> 00:22:09,910 How'd it go? 385 00:22:09,970 --> 00:22:11,210 Well, they upped the offer. 386 00:22:11,550 --> 00:22:12,550 Yeah? How much? 387 00:22:12,710 --> 00:22:14,290 $300 ,000, payable up front. 388 00:22:15,070 --> 00:22:16,070 Oh. 389 00:22:16,250 --> 00:22:20,290 Now, it's possible that we could do better, but as I told you before, there 390 00:22:20,290 --> 00:22:21,290 no guarantees. 391 00:22:21,430 --> 00:22:25,110 I still feel like we're letting them off the hook, though. Look, in the end, 392 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:28,970 they are going to pay you some money, and they will be off the hook. 393 00:22:29,750 --> 00:22:32,030 What we have to decide is whether this is enough. 394 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:35,330 You're the lawyer. What do you say? Well, this offer isn't going to go away. 395 00:22:36,170 --> 00:22:39,250 The truth is, if they're this worried now, I'd like to see what they put on 396 00:22:39,250 --> 00:22:40,290 table after you testify. 397 00:22:40,690 --> 00:22:41,690 So let me testify. 398 00:22:41,910 --> 00:22:44,770 I'll put you on the stand tomorrow while McKenna's still fresh in their mind. 399 00:22:45,970 --> 00:22:46,970 All right. 400 00:22:48,650 --> 00:22:49,650 You ready for this? 401 00:22:50,370 --> 00:22:53,410 If you tell me to be ready, I'll be ready. 402 00:22:54,570 --> 00:22:55,570 Good man. 403 00:22:58,390 --> 00:23:01,350 Madam? Not for me. I'll have another mineral water. 404 00:23:02,250 --> 00:23:05,910 Seems a shame that on the occasion of your 39th birthday, you can't even enjoy 405 00:23:05,910 --> 00:23:07,390 one small glass of bubbly. 406 00:23:08,970 --> 00:23:11,770 David, it's a very difficult time for me right now. 407 00:23:12,070 --> 00:23:16,950 I feel that if I go off this diet, I won't have the strength to go back on. 408 00:23:18,950 --> 00:23:19,950 Happy birthday. 409 00:23:21,790 --> 00:23:24,550 You're a lusty wench regardless of curve weight. 410 00:23:25,290 --> 00:23:26,290 Thank you. 411 00:23:28,330 --> 00:23:31,970 So... You've been on this diet four weeks now. 412 00:23:32,470 --> 00:23:33,470 Is it worth it? 413 00:23:34,290 --> 00:23:35,290 I think so. 414 00:23:35,690 --> 00:23:37,010 I've lost seven pounds. 415 00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:40,650 Seven less pounds of Roxanne Meyer is not something devoutly to be wished for 416 00:23:40,650 --> 00:23:41,229 my book. 417 00:23:41,230 --> 00:23:44,370 Though dropping from cruiserweight to middleweight didn't take anything away 418 00:23:44,370 --> 00:23:45,430 from your right crotch. 419 00:23:47,070 --> 00:23:50,550 Doesn't make it any easier for me knowing that you're not on my side. 420 00:23:51,370 --> 00:23:53,650 Roxanne, center of my being. 421 00:23:53,930 --> 00:23:55,270 I am on your side. 422 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,920 At the risk of momentarily appearing self -absorbed, I would like to point 423 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:05,880 that our sex life has withered on the vine under the gloom of your perpetual 424 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:10,720 depression. Every time I feel amorous, you're not in the mood. Every time I 425 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,720 a little snack, I have to drive myself to the all -night deli. Rock band, isn't 426 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:15,720 there another way? 427 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:17,160 What do you think? 428 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,340 That I should quit my diet? 429 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:20,640 That's an option. 430 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,440 Another option would be to fast one day a week. Another might be just as a 431 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:29,340 suggestion to join a gym. Instead of eating less, exercise more. 432 00:24:29,620 --> 00:24:31,500 David, I want to feel good about myself. 433 00:24:32,260 --> 00:24:35,520 And I can't feel good about myself when I'm overweight. 434 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:41,420 All I know is once we were happy, we went out. We frolicked. We made love 435 00:24:41,420 --> 00:24:42,840 abandon. Life was full. 436 00:24:43,220 --> 00:24:46,380 In other words, you can't be happy unless I'm fat. 437 00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:48,620 I can't be happy when you're depressed. 438 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:51,840 And if you don't mind an observation, you're more depressed now than you were 439 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:52,839 before the diet. 440 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,360 Sir? Ah, the souffle. 441 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:57,300 David, what is it? 442 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,260 Your chocolate birthday souffle. 443 00:25:04,060 --> 00:25:08,200 Why did you order this? You know I can't eat it. Why not? 444 00:25:08,460 --> 00:25:13,200 For one moment, give in to your appetites. You're a vibrant female in 445 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:14,680 bloom of mature womanhood. 446 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,180 Celebrate. I can't. 447 00:25:16,430 --> 00:25:17,109 You can. 448 00:25:17,110 --> 00:25:18,410 No. Yes. 449 00:25:19,030 --> 00:25:22,870 David, please, don't make me do this. 450 00:25:23,550 --> 00:25:25,530 She doesn't mean it. Go ahead, dish it out. 451 00:25:26,510 --> 00:25:27,510 One bite. 452 00:25:27,550 --> 00:25:32,530 One bite. Just to commemorate what is arguably the happiest day in my life, 453 00:25:32,530 --> 00:25:33,530 day of your birth. 454 00:25:36,730 --> 00:25:39,030 Put some whipped cream on there, would you? 455 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:52,750 Uh -huh. 456 00:25:52,850 --> 00:25:53,850 Uh -huh. 457 00:25:54,510 --> 00:25:56,010 Go ahead. 458 00:25:56,230 --> 00:25:57,470 One more for the road. 459 00:25:57,970 --> 00:25:59,270 You know you'll love it. 460 00:26:22,020 --> 00:26:27,740 Okay, now, given the extent of my client's pain and suffering and the 461 00:26:27,740 --> 00:26:29,080 of the attack... Attack? 462 00:26:29,580 --> 00:26:31,120 All I did was punch her in the nose. 463 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:35,400 I told you she was hostile. I think you'll find Ms. Jacobs' proposal more 464 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:40,820 reasonable. This traumatic confrontation has destroyed my client's appearance. 465 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:45,440 You can see for yourself her injuries necessitate reconstructive rhinoplasty 466 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:46,520 be paid by your client. 467 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,500 Nose job. And the additional cosmetic surgery to restore Ms. Jacobs' eyes and 468 00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:53,220 chin to be paid by your client. 469 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:54,840 I never touched her chin. 470 00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:57,560 Just listen to the proposal, Roxanne. 471 00:26:57,900 --> 00:27:02,320 Plus liposuction limited to the thigh and buttock area and two weeks recovery 472 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:06,500 La Costa, double room occupancy. I broke her nose and gave her a shiner. I am 473 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,580 not paying from the neck down, Arnie. 474 00:27:08,780 --> 00:27:10,880 My client was a beautiful woman. 475 00:27:12,460 --> 00:27:14,480 Her body image has suffered greatly. 476 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:20,400 Two weeks at La Costa hardly begins to heal Ms. Jacobs' battered self -esteem. 477 00:27:21,180 --> 00:27:22,260 Shit down rocks. 478 00:27:22,940 --> 00:27:28,180 Shit. All herbal wraps, waxing, manicures, and daily fiat to massage to 479 00:27:28,180 --> 00:27:29,180 by your client. 480 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:30,560 This is outrageous. 481 00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:35,100 Yeah? You're lucky I don't put your jealous fat ass in jail. You come 482 00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:39,880 into that meeting wearing a skin -tight outfit, complaining about four pounds. 483 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,860 You're lucky I only broke your nose. Ladies, enough. 484 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,580 Is that it? One more small item. 485 00:27:48,020 --> 00:27:49,020 An apology. 486 00:27:49,180 --> 00:27:51,300 In front of our system 21 class. 487 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,100 Delirious. Delivered by you in person. 488 00:27:54,300 --> 00:27:57,600 I'd rather be in jail. Good. No more Mr. Knife guys. 489 00:27:57,860 --> 00:27:58,860 Get a court date, Roland. 490 00:27:59,180 --> 00:28:00,180 I'm out of here. 491 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:05,580 Settlement is fine. Everything but the apology. 492 00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:07,160 That'll be a deal breaker. 493 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,320 I think I can sell it to my client without the mea culpa. 494 00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:11,820 You'll drop the papers? 495 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:13,880 Have them on your desk tomorrow morning. 496 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,260 Come on, this is ridiculous. 497 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:26,180 This is a worthless bluff. My hospital does not mistag bodies, and you are just 498 00:28:26,180 --> 00:28:29,020 trying to... The mortuary said you did. Well, they're lying. 499 00:28:29,220 --> 00:28:33,480 This whole thing is the mortuary's fault, and UCAL Medical. We thought we 500 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,000 sectioning off Zuckerman. 501 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,800 We didn't know it was Ackerman. The paperwork on Zuckerman said he was 43. 502 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:43,820 You took your chainsaw to some 72 -year -old sick guy that any first -year 503 00:28:43,820 --> 00:28:45,120 medical student would have recognized. 504 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,140 The paperwork said we had Bert Zuckerman. We reasonably believe it was 505 00:28:49,140 --> 00:28:51,280 Zuckerman we were dismantling. Well, I'm leaving. 506 00:28:51,660 --> 00:28:56,100 My hospital is not getting sucked into this lawsuit. You're both getting sucked 507 00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:59,480 in. Believe me. I'm cross -claiming you, and I'm cross -claiming you, Cal 508 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,020 Medical, as well. I'll get it to Murrah. 509 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:05,360 You'll also get about 200 pages of interrogatories in the next few weeks, 510 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,240 you'll both get a lot of negative publicity you can do without. Now, 511 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:13,400 cooperate with me now or brace yourselves for a nasty public nightmare. 512 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:15,640 What? What do you want us to do? 513 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:21,420 I figure a big hospital and a state university have certain connections, 514 00:29:21,420 --> 00:29:25,220 influences even, with other hospitals and universities. Am I right? 515 00:29:25,420 --> 00:29:26,420 Okay. 516 00:29:27,540 --> 00:29:28,540 What's the point? 517 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,360 You want to be completely left out of this lawsuit? 518 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,780 Then bring me the head of Izzy Ackerman. 519 00:29:35,980 --> 00:29:37,200 And bring it to me fast. 520 00:29:44,140 --> 00:29:47,940 Our seafood special today is a langoustine in a light cream sauce with 521 00:29:47,940 --> 00:29:48,940 basil fettuccine. 522 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:49,939 It's excellent. 523 00:29:49,940 --> 00:29:52,580 We also have the medallions of veal. I want the chicken. 524 00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:56,000 We have a piarta, free -range chicken, and a tarragon and mustard sauce? 525 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,720 Broil it. No sauce, no butter, and a small salad. No dressing. 526 00:30:00,980 --> 00:30:01,980 I'll have the lobster. 527 00:30:05,700 --> 00:30:08,300 Just because you're in a lousy mood, don't take it out on the waiter. 528 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,020 I can't help it. I want the lobster. 529 00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:11,300 Then have the lobster. 530 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:12,840 I'm on a diet. 531 00:30:13,060 --> 00:30:17,280 Which so far has put you in a permanently lousy mood and gotten you 532 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:18,280 assault and battery. 533 00:30:18,300 --> 00:30:20,280 You think I like feeling this way? 534 00:30:20,670 --> 00:30:23,350 Rox, the only diet that's going to make you feel better is the one where you 535 00:30:23,350 --> 00:30:25,250 lose 170 pounds of Dave Meyer. 536 00:30:26,870 --> 00:30:29,830 Thank you, Arnie, for being such an understanding friend. 537 00:30:30,350 --> 00:30:33,070 I was your friend, I have to tell you. The problem isn't your diet. 538 00:30:33,610 --> 00:30:39,070 And you're... And you're going to tell me what my problem is. 539 00:30:40,210 --> 00:30:41,210 Yeah. 540 00:30:41,570 --> 00:30:43,230 It's called displacing your anger. 541 00:30:45,250 --> 00:30:47,770 The last person who said that to me got her nose broken. 542 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,120 Look, Rox, you know that I love you. 543 00:30:55,460 --> 00:30:59,600 And even if I didn't think marrying Dave was a great idea, no one rooted for you 544 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:00,800 to succeed more than I. 545 00:31:02,020 --> 00:31:04,920 But your marriage is in trouble, kiddo. Now, if you want to take a swing at me 546 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:06,100 for telling you the truth, go ahead. 547 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:07,300 Thank you, Dr. Freud. 548 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:08,960 What are you, my shrink? 549 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:10,760 Don't knock therapy. 550 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,480 I lose a lot of business by sending clients to a good marriage counselor. 551 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:23,640 It's happening to me. 552 00:31:25,620 --> 00:31:26,620 I'm desperate. 553 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:28,820 I can't sleep at night. 554 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:31,220 I cry all the time. 555 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:36,420 Can you imagine me punching somebody? I never punched anybody in my entire life. 556 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,520 I don't know what's going on. 557 00:31:41,140 --> 00:31:42,140 Help me. 558 00:31:44,860 --> 00:31:45,860 Look, 559 00:31:46,340 --> 00:31:47,980 I'm going to put you in touch with Jean Rubens. 560 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:49,860 She's a first -rate therapist. 561 00:31:51,060 --> 00:31:52,060 Fine. 562 00:31:53,420 --> 00:31:54,420 Would Dave go? 563 00:31:56,140 --> 00:31:57,960 Dave will do anything I tell him to do. 564 00:32:00,340 --> 00:32:07,200 How long had you and Jackie been married at the time that she 565 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,720 died? Four years, three months. 566 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,780 I was in the service station in El Paso when we met. 567 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:16,020 The day she got her divorce papers, we got married. 568 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,560 What was it that made you take her to the hospital, Ray? She hadn't been 569 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:20,760 well for a few weeks. 570 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:22,840 She couldn't hold down her food. 571 00:32:23,260 --> 00:32:24,540 She was tired all the time. 572 00:32:25,180 --> 00:32:29,240 At first, we thought it was just a bug, but then it seemed to be getting worse. 573 00:32:30,980 --> 00:32:37,840 I was always honored to go to a doctor, but she had put it off and put it off. 574 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:42,680 Finally, she wanted to go. Could you tell us in your own words exactly what 575 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:43,860 happened when you got there? 576 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,600 First, we filled out some forms. Then we waited. I guess we were there about two 577 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:51,200 hours when a nurse came over and asked us how we intended to pay. 578 00:32:51,690 --> 00:32:54,890 I said I had $100 with me, and I would have to owe them the rest. 579 00:32:55,250 --> 00:32:56,610 She said it didn't work that way. 580 00:32:57,790 --> 00:33:02,450 She said they'd look at her, but they didn't admit anyone who didn't have 581 00:33:02,450 --> 00:33:03,450 insurance. 582 00:33:03,810 --> 00:33:04,810 Did they look at her? 583 00:33:04,970 --> 00:33:06,010 For about 10 minutes. 584 00:33:06,750 --> 00:33:09,870 Doctor took her behind a curtain and then told us to wait for the results. 585 00:33:10,570 --> 00:33:13,950 About an hour or so later, he came back and said, Go home, honey. 586 00:33:14,810 --> 00:33:15,810 You got the flu. 587 00:33:16,070 --> 00:33:20,070 Tell us what happened then, Ray. We took a bus home, and I put her to bed. 588 00:33:20,940 --> 00:33:23,780 The next morning, she couldn't even lift her head off the pillow. 589 00:33:23,980 --> 00:33:28,920 I sat by her all day. I tried to get her to have a little soup or something, but 590 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:29,920 she didn't want it. 591 00:33:31,540 --> 00:33:35,340 It was starting to get dark. 592 00:33:37,660 --> 00:33:42,260 When she grabbed my hand and just like that, she was gone. 593 00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:47,000 That was five and a half years ago. 594 00:33:49,610 --> 00:33:51,350 Do you still miss her? Objection, Your Honor. 595 00:33:51,670 --> 00:33:53,270 Inflammatory. Strictly relevant. 596 00:33:54,450 --> 00:33:55,690 Overruled. Ray? 597 00:33:57,810 --> 00:33:58,810 Miss her? 598 00:34:01,250 --> 00:34:05,090 Um, I still feel like I'm married to her. 599 00:34:05,770 --> 00:34:11,050 Most Sundays, I sit by her grave. A day doesn't go by that I don't think of her. 600 00:34:12,870 --> 00:34:14,290 I have no further questions. 601 00:34:18,409 --> 00:34:22,630 Mr. Spitzer, I'm sure you don't mind beginning your cross -examination 602 00:34:22,630 --> 00:34:23,630 morning. 603 00:34:24,090 --> 00:34:28,330 No, Your Honor, I don't mind. The clothes are still hanging in the closet. 604 00:34:28,929 --> 00:34:33,770 People said I should get rid of them, but how am I going to just pack them in 605 00:34:33,770 --> 00:34:35,350 some cardboard box? 606 00:34:50,350 --> 00:34:51,489 Yes. They're here. 607 00:34:52,510 --> 00:34:53,510 Send them in. 608 00:34:59,410 --> 00:35:01,530 Is it true? Can it really be true? 609 00:35:01,910 --> 00:35:02,910 Arrived this morning. 610 00:35:03,490 --> 00:35:05,050 It's packed in dry ice. 611 00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:08,230 I should get it to a mortuary or something. 612 00:35:08,610 --> 00:35:09,610 It's impossible. 613 00:35:10,010 --> 00:35:11,010 Oh, Izzy. 614 00:35:11,790 --> 00:35:13,730 Is it really finally you? 615 00:35:15,910 --> 00:35:19,990 We should probably check this time to be sure. Oh, it's him. Trust me. 616 00:35:20,220 --> 00:35:21,420 We trusted the mortuary. 617 00:35:21,780 --> 00:35:24,900 I want to see him. I don't think you should. I'm going to look. 618 00:35:35,460 --> 00:35:36,520 It's easy, all right. 619 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:39,160 He looks good. 620 00:35:39,660 --> 00:35:42,300 Why shouldn't he look good? He just came back from Florida. 621 00:35:42,580 --> 00:35:43,800 Okay, close the box. 622 00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:48,300 He's got that little smile he always used to have, you know? Close it, Morty, 623 00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:49,300 please. 624 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:56,120 Oh, my honey. 625 00:35:57,220 --> 00:35:59,640 My dear, sweet man. 626 00:35:59,860 --> 00:36:02,220 You are finally back with us. 627 00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:06,780 Take your uncle. 628 00:36:07,820 --> 00:36:11,520 It was always his wish that you carry him to his resting place. 629 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,720 And don't drop him. 630 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,080 Okay, let me get this now. Come on, Morty. Okay. 631 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:23,960 All right, go slow, go slow. 632 00:36:24,330 --> 00:36:26,170 Sylvia, come on, move up. Come on. 633 00:36:26,530 --> 00:36:27,890 Very good. Excuse me. 634 00:36:28,130 --> 00:36:29,990 All right. Morty, come on. 635 00:36:30,430 --> 00:36:35,350 Morty, slow down. Milton, come on, Milton. Move it. Okay. Very good. Very 636 00:36:35,590 --> 00:36:36,590 Let's go. 637 00:36:36,730 --> 00:36:37,990 Slowly. Good. 638 00:36:40,410 --> 00:36:42,510 Look out! 639 00:37:02,410 --> 00:37:04,270 Mr. Davis, was your wife an American citizen? 640 00:37:05,070 --> 00:37:06,070 Yes, she was. 641 00:37:06,730 --> 00:37:08,370 And did she live here all her life? 642 00:37:08,630 --> 00:37:09,630 Yeah. 643 00:37:11,310 --> 00:37:13,790 Tell me, sir, can you identify her handwriting? 644 00:37:14,330 --> 00:37:17,290 Sure. Please tell the court if that's her signature. 645 00:37:21,090 --> 00:37:22,049 What is this? 646 00:37:22,050 --> 00:37:24,350 Sir, is that your wife's signature? 647 00:37:26,220 --> 00:37:27,460 They look like a sickness. 648 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,200 Your Honor, that hasn't been marked. Your Honor, I have here a certified copy 649 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,540 Jackie Davis' divorce decree, and I offer it for identification. 650 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:37,960 What's the point? 651 00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:43,120 The point, Mr. Cusack, is that this divorce decree was issued in Juarez, 652 00:37:43,340 --> 00:37:45,380 right across the border from El Paso. 653 00:37:45,700 --> 00:37:50,140 The certificate, signed by Jacqueline Davis, then Jacqueline Baker, attesting 654 00:37:50,140 --> 00:37:53,280 Mexican domicile, is fraudulent. 655 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:59,100 We got married by a justice of the peace in El Paso. Did you know that the 656 00:37:59,100 --> 00:38:03,080 divorce was obtained in Mexico, Mr. Davis? Yeah, I knew. We were in love 657 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,120 each other. Her husband wouldn't give her a divorce. 658 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,260 Everyone said it was the fastest way. 659 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:11,440 Your Honor, request a recess so I can talk to my client. I'm not granting any 660 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:12,900 recesses right now, Mr. Cusack. 661 00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:15,400 You should have known your marriage was void, sir. 662 00:38:15,900 --> 00:38:16,900 Void? 663 00:38:17,780 --> 00:38:18,940 Sidebar, Your Honor. 664 00:38:20,340 --> 00:38:23,780 She was my wife, Judge. I don't care what the paper says. 665 00:38:24,430 --> 00:38:26,110 Go ahead, Mr. Spitzer. Make your motion. 666 00:38:26,330 --> 00:38:30,130 I move to dismiss based on the plaintiff's lack of standing to sue. 667 00:38:30,450 --> 00:38:31,450 Based on what? 668 00:38:31,570 --> 00:38:34,870 A photo set, a copy of some divorce papers from Mexico? 669 00:38:35,210 --> 00:38:37,890 Mr. Cusack, these papers may be all he needs. 670 00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:40,670 Mr. Davis, I'm sorry. 671 00:38:41,790 --> 00:38:45,090 Pending the submission of written memoranda, I have no choice but to grant 672 00:38:45,090 --> 00:38:46,130 defense counsel's motion. 673 00:38:46,570 --> 00:38:48,150 The jury is excused. 674 00:38:48,510 --> 00:38:49,890 This court is adjourned. 675 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,180 So we appeal, right? The judge is wrong, right? She's wrong. 676 00:39:01,420 --> 00:39:04,160 I don't think she is, Ray. But one thing has nothing to do with the other. If 677 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:05,660 the hospital is wrong, they were wrong. 678 00:39:05,900 --> 00:39:09,120 There's more to it than that. No, there's not. No, there's not. A hospital 679 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:10,460 supposed to take care of you if you're sick. 680 00:39:11,780 --> 00:39:12,780 Ray. 681 00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:19,620 You don't have standing, Ray. You weren't legally married, and you knew 682 00:39:19,620 --> 00:39:22,720 the Mexican divorce. That means that no matter what the hospital did to Jackie, 683 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,980 according to the law, you can't sue. I don't care about the law. 684 00:39:27,420 --> 00:39:30,460 I thought all we had to do was tell what happened. That's all it would take. A 685 00:39:30,460 --> 00:39:32,340 jury would say they can't do this to you. 686 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,860 They can't treat you like you're nothing. Like it doesn't make a 687 00:39:35,860 --> 00:39:37,000 whether you live or die. 688 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:38,520 Damn. 689 00:39:40,780 --> 00:39:43,200 I'm sorry, Ray. I shouldn't have let it happen. 690 00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:46,840 You didn't know about it, Mike. 691 00:39:47,500 --> 00:39:48,680 I can't blame you. 692 00:39:49,940 --> 00:39:52,280 You were the only one who was on my side. 693 00:39:54,700 --> 00:39:55,760 I could have done better. 694 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:01,360 It's gone, Mike. 695 00:40:05,140 --> 00:40:06,140 It isn't fair. 696 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:08,760 It isn't right. 697 00:40:09,940 --> 00:40:10,940 No. 698 00:40:12,220 --> 00:40:13,220 No, it isn't. 699 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,460 What kind of law firm do you used to work for, Dorothy? 700 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,860 What do you mean? We just got dismissed in the Davis case. 701 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:27,940 Why? Jacqueline Davis got a bogus divorce, which voids her marriage to 702 00:40:28,020 --> 00:40:29,020 Ray's now out of court. 703 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:31,260 I saw the marriage license and I stopped there. 704 00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:32,500 I know you did. 705 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,040 If you hadn't, we might have come away with something. I would have kept them 706 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,960 off the stand. I would have accepted their offer. I would have done something 707 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:39,860 besides get torpedoed in open court. 708 00:40:41,740 --> 00:40:43,800 It was my responsibility. I let you down. 709 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:45,040 You bet you did. 710 00:40:46,660 --> 00:40:48,160 I'm sorry about this, Michael. 711 00:40:57,020 --> 00:40:58,020 I'm sorry, too. 712 00:40:59,660 --> 00:41:00,920 It was both of our responsibilities. 713 00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:03,140 Is there anything we can do? 714 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:04,319 I don't know. 715 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:05,740 If you think of something, let me know. 716 00:41:15,580 --> 00:41:18,060 He never even told us his wife had been married before. 717 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,880 Douglas, I really don't think we have anything to worry about. No? 718 00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:25,280 Trust me. The legal malpractice sharks are going to be salivating for this one. 719 00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:26,880 You think this was malpractice? 720 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:28,160 I don't. 721 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,580 But you can be damn sure Ray Davis is going to find himself someone who does. 722 00:41:31,780 --> 00:41:35,040 When I left him, he was a little too devastated to be formulating a battle 723 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:39,420 Believe me, that won't last. In about five days, this is all going to be your 724 00:41:39,420 --> 00:41:42,920 fault. And he'll come after us like the wrath of God. Well, he ought to go after 725 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:43,920 somebody. 726 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:46,540 Hey, Mike, that somebody is us. 727 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,660 Well, maybe it should be us. How else is he going to get any compensation for 728 00:41:49,660 --> 00:41:50,638 this disaster? 729 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:52,240 Uh -oh. This attitude worries me. 730 00:41:52,540 --> 00:41:56,740 I have a distinct feeling that in an attempt to offer compassion, you served 731 00:41:56,740 --> 00:42:00,760 admissions of negligence. Doesn't compassion enter into this at all for 732 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,440 long as it doesn't cost us money. Ah, the old refrain, the ultimate 733 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,400 consideration, the linchpin upon which all issues turn. 734 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,860 Don't get all high -minded on us, Michael. You're the one who screwed up. 735 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:11,779 Careful, Douglas. 736 00:42:11,780 --> 00:42:15,120 You better not acknowledge that outside of this office. It might cost us money. 737 00:42:24,430 --> 00:42:27,130 I never saw a head without a body before. 738 00:42:27,370 --> 00:42:28,810 I thought you'd never will again. 739 00:42:29,470 --> 00:42:33,730 I am not reneging. I'm just wondering whether there might be a better way of 740 00:42:33,730 --> 00:42:38,590 addressing our marital woes. There isn't. And could we not talk about this 741 00:42:38,590 --> 00:42:42,010 now, please? Okay. Just consider this as an alternative. 742 00:42:42,250 --> 00:42:45,370 We cancel the appointment, catch the next flight to St. Louis, and I'll show 743 00:42:45,370 --> 00:42:46,370 the house where I was born. 744 00:42:46,430 --> 00:42:50,950 Dave. How can you take that which belongs in the sanctum sanctorum of our 745 00:42:50,950 --> 00:42:52,630 together and put it in full view of others? 746 00:42:56,860 --> 00:43:02,080 Whatever you do, I'm begging you, just don't tell her about the videos I made 747 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:02,839 you in Vegas. 748 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:04,200 She'll pick me apart. 749 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:20,120 This poor bastard promised me to get him some pitiful excuse for compensation, 750 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:21,440 some money. 751 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:25,260 And I blow it. He gets screwed by the doctors, he gets screwed by the lawyers, 752 00:43:25,340 --> 00:43:28,520 and in the end we all have a million reasons why we're not to blame. Michael, 753 00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:30,440 never mentioned his wife's divorce. 754 00:43:31,540 --> 00:43:34,580 That's not the kind of thing you can be expected to discover. 755 00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:36,220 Well, Spitzer discovered it. 756 00:43:36,420 --> 00:43:40,700 Well, he played out a lucky hunch. That any good lawyer would have had. You 757 00:43:40,700 --> 00:43:42,880 know, I've always told you what I thought you were to blame. 758 00:43:43,300 --> 00:43:44,960 This is not one of those times. 759 00:43:45,630 --> 00:43:50,470 Your associate was supposed to dig up stuff like this. I was the one asking 760 00:43:50,470 --> 00:43:53,690 the questions. I had two years to ask him the right ones I never did. 761 00:43:54,270 --> 00:43:55,790 Can't blame an associate for that. 762 00:44:00,430 --> 00:44:06,310 Anyway, I... I like this guy, you know. I hate 763 00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:08,890 like hell to see him wind up like this. 764 00:44:09,650 --> 00:44:10,650 Come on, Mickey. 765 00:44:10,750 --> 00:44:11,750 Let's go home. 766 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,120 Lieutenant Ringstrom. Miss Van Owen. 767 00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,520 You know Michael Cusack? At the Whitey Holland shooting. 768 00:44:30,820 --> 00:44:31,820 Right. 769 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:33,520 Hi. 770 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:39,240 Oh, I'm sorry. Miss Van Owen from the DA's office. Mr. Cusack. This is my 771 00:44:39,260 --> 00:44:40,260 Sally. 772 00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:41,360 Well... 773 00:44:41,950 --> 00:44:44,350 Enjoy your evening. Thank you. Thanks. You too. 774 00:44:49,390 --> 00:44:50,109 So, 775 00:44:50,110 --> 00:44:58,890 here 776 00:44:58,890 --> 00:44:59,890 we are. 777 00:45:00,290 --> 00:45:01,290 Here you are. 778 00:45:01,650 --> 00:45:03,710 Here to explore the marital terrain. 779 00:45:06,290 --> 00:45:09,030 Yes. I hope you have four -wheel drive. 780 00:45:09,830 --> 00:45:11,330 I'm not sure I know what you mean. 781 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:18,240 Just a little quip. I have to say, in all honesty, that I was a little 782 00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:19,238 to come here. 783 00:45:19,240 --> 00:45:20,198 Were you? 784 00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:26,180 Not to impugn the process, but self -examination, 785 00:45:26,220 --> 00:45:32,340 introspection, delving into why we do what we do, 786 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:36,180 this has never been my forte. 787 00:45:36,420 --> 00:45:38,060 What made you decide to come? 788 00:45:40,490 --> 00:45:44,730 Simple recognition that a mid -course correction may be indicated. I'm not 789 00:45:44,730 --> 00:45:46,550 unaware that there may be trouble in paradise. 790 00:45:49,030 --> 00:45:52,730 Nor am I oblivious to the fact that Roxanne is unhappy. 791 00:45:53,110 --> 00:45:54,690 Are you unhappy, Roxanne? 792 00:45:55,770 --> 00:45:57,510 Yes. Do you know why? 793 00:46:00,610 --> 00:46:06,130 Correct me if I'm wrong here, Roxanne, but I think it is mostly a matter of 794 00:46:06,130 --> 00:46:07,130 faulty communications. 795 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:13,660 An innocent comment is misconstrued. A supportive gesture is misinterpreted. 796 00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:18,380 Suddenly you have this kind of domestic Bermuda Triangle where every attempt at 797 00:46:18,380 --> 00:46:19,600 forging a bond gets lost. 798 00:46:20,740 --> 00:46:21,740 Looks that. 799 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:26,660 I have no idea what that means, David. 800 00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:28,360 Lack of communication. 801 00:46:28,860 --> 00:46:30,780 This is our problem in a nutshell. 802 00:46:31,860 --> 00:46:32,860 Excuse me. 803 00:46:35,100 --> 00:46:36,100 Problem. 804 00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:41,420 In a nutshell, is that I don't love you. 805 00:46:41,740 --> 00:46:43,320 I have never loved you. 806 00:46:44,220 --> 00:46:48,000 And I'm afraid that I will never be able to love you. 807 00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,760 That is our problem. 808 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:52,420 In a nutshell. 809 00:47:07,340 --> 00:47:08,660 I think we have a lot of work.