Four times: Attorney: Mrs. Smith, do you believe you are emotionally stable?Witness: I used to be.Attorney: How many times have you committed suicide?Witness: Four times. None: Attorney: So you were gone until you returned?Attorney: She had three children, right?Witness: Yes.Attorney: How many were boys?Witness: None.Attorney: Were there any girls? Over the injury: Independent Medical Examiner: It may be both. And we have a phrase for that in the orthopedic community, "green poultice treatment."Attorney: What does that mean?IME: "Green poultice treatment" means Both?: Attorney: Could that be based on real symptoms, or would it be malingering, or both? With a nurse: Attorney: Doctor, what treatment did you give this man?Doctor: I cleansed the wound, sutured it, and put him to bed with a nurse. She was really good: Attorney: How did you happen to go to Dr. Cheney?Witness: Well a gal down the road had several of her children by Dr. Cheney, and she said he was really good. What's the purpose?: Attorney: Your honor, may we approach the bench?Judge: What's the purpose? We have no jury.Attorney: Oh, I'm sorry, I--that's my favorite line, sir. Defendant: Attorney: Are you the husband of the defendant? I mean of the plaintiff?Witness: I'm the wife.Attorney: You're not working for the defendant, are you?Witness: No sir.Attorney: I mean, he hasn't paid y Were you driving?: Attorney: Were you alone in the car?Witness: Yes.Attorney: Were you driving? Not Yet: Attorney: Have you lived in this town all your life?Witness: Not yet. |