All language subtitles for The Practice s04e15 Race Ipsa Loquitor

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Did you murder her because she was going
to break off a sexual affair? I did not

have an affair with her, and I did not
kill her. You're going down for murder

now. You get that?

It was Stephen.

Your son, Stephen? I saw the door close
on him when he left. Why haven't you

told anybody this? Because I don't want
him to spend the rest of his life in

jail for something I drove him to.

Let me go to the DA.

Absolutely not. This is between you and
me. You gave me your word. We find the

defendant guilty.

I didn't do it.

I didn't do it.

Your dad saw you going out the door.

The reason he's staying quiet, he
doesn't want to see you go to prison.

He loves you too much for that.

Jimmy, what happened?

Stephen Olsen.

He just hung himself in the garage.

You think I'm going to ask a judge to
release a convicted murderer on the

grounds that his defense attorney says
he's innocent? I expect you to because

is innocent. For all I know, the kid
hung himself because his father's a

That isn't the case. Well, give me
evidence.

What happened?

They tried to rape me.

Inmates?

Two of them.

I covered my ass.

My face didn't dare so well.

Doctors say you're going to be okay.

I want solitary, Jimmy.

I don't want to be in the general
population anymore.

Can you get me solitary, Jimmy?

Richard, I want to reopen the Henry
Olsen case.

On what grounds? On the grounds he's
innocent.

Jimmy, I told you, bring me new evidence
and I can do this. There's no new

evidence. But that doesn't change the
truth.

The guy didn't do it.

Look, I got a pretrial. Can we talk
later?

Yeah.

Listen, if the DA goes forward... That's
not going to happen. Why? Because your

conviction rate? Because I don't believe
he's innocent.

The case went to verdict.

The right man is serving time.

I need a favor here. I'm sorry.

No.

I filed a petition to reopen.

Clyde Miller, murder in the first
degree. Hold on.

Richard Bay for the Commonwealth, Your
Honor. We oppose bail of any kind. The

suspect is obviously a flight risk, not
to mention... Is he represented?

Inogen, we're waiting for somebody from
the PD's office.

Mr. Berluti, come meet your new client.

I'm not taking appointments today,
Judge.

Oh, I'm afraid you are.

We'll enter a not guilty for right now.

Meet with Mr. Miller, then we'll
conference.

Your Honor, I can't take... Are you in
trial, Mr. Berluti?

No, but... Then meet with Mr. Miller.

Next case, please.

People versus Megan Boucher.

Solicitation and loitering.

Can I get you some more coffee?

This is my third cup. Is Mr. Bradford
not available?

He's just finishing up a conference
call. He'll be right back. He's been

finishing that call for some time.

We have other business scheduled for
today, and if he's too busy... I

Thank you, Sheila.

I'm sorry, Eugene, Rebecca.

I've actually been conferencing with the
insurance company and Dr. Stiles.

I pushed them up to 32, but that's as
far as they'll go, and Dr. Stiles is

to be settling it all.

Thirty -two?

Yes.

Thirty -two thousand?

Yes.

A man is dead.

You're offering $32 ,000.

Well, it's not a question of the worth
of the deceased, Eugene. You know that.

The issue is liability. My client died
on the doctor's table.

Look, you and I could debate this ad
nauseum.

We're never going to agree.

My client is adamant.

So...

Either we're going to end this at 32
,000, or we're going to have to let a

decide.

We'll be letting the jury decide.

I didn't know he was a rabbi. I swear, I
didn't know. I understand this, but

Clyde, whether you knew he was a rabbi
or not, it was still illegal for you to

kill him. Does that mean they're going
to get me like on...

One of those hate crimes?

Because he's Jewish, I get nailed with a
hate crime?

Clyde, hate crime isn't your worry.
You're up on first -degree murder. You

rabbi over the head with a bat. But
don't they got a proven intent?

My intent was to rob him.

This is prejudice.

Jews, they get special treatment.

You think Jews get special treatment on
account of you not being able to hit

rabbis with bats?

I just meant to rob him.

I was swinging for his shoulder blade.

I'm begging you. Oh, right. I'm Jewish.
I really want to take this off your

hands. He's not going to hit you. Forget
it.

Lindsay. I've got the winter deficits
all week. Oh, come on. What's wrong?

I'm going into court tomorrow, trying to
reopen on Henry Olsen. Judge just

spanked me with a court -appointed Lou
Jack, and nobody here will lend a hand

after I just flew cross -country to help
you. Jimmy, I can't. I'm in a pinch

here. I need some assistance.

All right.

Eleanor, back him up. Why can't Lindsay
do it? Why can't I just give it to him?

Because it's on the news, Jimmy.

There's a big public outcry. Have you
been paying attention?

Well, I got a motion to reopen on Henry
Olsen. I'll help on Olsen. Eleanor?

Basically, they're still denying blame.

The doctor evidently is reluctant to
settle it all.

So what happens now?

Well, we're still scheduled for trial
tomorrow. You can either take the 32,

which...

Well, our costs right now are running
over 14, so that plus the contingency,

get about 11.

$11 ,000?

You make out better than us.

Between my time and Eugene's, we've got
over $40 ,000 invested in this case.

So why are we even hesitating? Let's go
to trial.

Mrs. Riley, I'll be honest.

This is a very tough case to win.

Now, I believe the doctor was negligent,
but proving it...

I know 11's not much, but I'm sure you
could use the money.

Is there a woman that you love, Mr.
Young?

Yes.

Well, I'll tell you.

The day comes, some doctor kills her.
The day comes, you have to bury her.

I don't think you're going to be walking
away for $11 ,000, whether you could

use the money or not.

me out tomorrow.

Did you get me isolation?

They stuck the guys who did this to you
in the hole in me, so there'll be

others, Jimmy.

Look, I'm a freak.

I'm the guy with the bug fetish. Okay.

I'll take care of it.

Meantime, I got a motion set tomorrow to
reopen your case.

Is there any chance?

I don't know.

But I'm gonna fight.

I promise you.

I'm gonna fight.

I, uh... I never told you how sorry I am
that he took his

life.

On account of me... No.

It was me.

If I hadn't confronted him, which I had
no legal right to do... Jimmy,

consider who we had for a father.

You're a good man, Henry.

You've always been a good man.

Your son knew that.

Yeah.

I'm gonna fight.

The cast and crew of The Shield.

I used to date a Jewish girl.

I'm not prejudiced.

I only hit the guy because he wouldn't
give me his money.

Clyde, will you get off the Jewish
thing? It don't matter that the victim

Jewish. What matters is he's dead.

Oh, you don't know what this is going to
do to my parents. They're calling you a

murderer. You think they're proud?

All right, Jimmy. Forget that he was a
rabbi.

All right.

Look.

Tell me what you were doing in that
alley to begin with.

I was hiding. I was waiting amongst
somebody.

But I would have hid any religion, I
swear.

Guard! Look, I'm doing court on another
matter. I'm going to come back after

lunch. Don't talk to anybody. You hear
me? Nobody.

Yeah, fine. I'm not a talker. You were
thinking.

Jimmy. The guy's got the IQ of a relief
pitcher.

It was a birthday present.

From you to your husband.

Yes. He just couldn't take being fat.

So as a birthday gift... I took him to
Dr. Stiles to talk about liposuction.

And how did you hear of Dr. Stiles, Mrs.
Riley?

I saw his ad.

And when you went to see him?

Everything was fine.

He said my husband was a good candidate.

Very exciting for my husband. He
couldn't wait to do it.

So you decided to go for the surgery?

Yes. It was just supposed to be an
outpatient thing, so...

We arrived at his office at 7 in the
morning, and the procedure started

at 10.

And then at 1 o 'clock, the doctor came
out and

told me that my husband was dead.

Your husband was told there was a risk.

Minimal risk.

Possible risk of death, wasn't that one?

Yes. It wasn't something that... The
message was that this operation was

safe, Mr. Bradford.

Please understand just how sorry I am
for your loss.

Mrs. Riley, who was the first person to
suggest to you that Dr. Stiles might

have been negligent? The first person?

Yes.

Well...

I'm afraid I don't really understand the
question. Well, let me state it another

way. Was it a doctor or was it a lawyer?

Objection. What's the point, Mr.
Bradford? Well, Your Honor, there are

cases where a doctor says negligence and
the plaintiff then engages a lawyer.

And there are other cases where a lawyer
declares negligence and doctors are

then rounded up to bolster the claim.

Objection. Rephrase at counsel.

Mrs. Riley, just how many firms did you
go to before finding one to take your

case? Objection.

Sidebar, Your Honor.

Part of our defense is that this is a
spurious claim manufactured to flush out

deep pocket insurance company.

It is certainly relevant that other
attorneys decline to even take on the

matter. It is certainly not relevant how
other lawyers assess this has nothing

to do with the case. I agree.

You're shut down there, Mr. Bradford.
Step back.

Members of the jury...

Whether or not other attorneys or law
firms elected to represent the plaintiff

in this matter is without relevance, and
you're to disregard defense counsel's

question.

Let me see if I understand this.

You learned during the trial from your
client that it was his son that killed

the woman.

I learned just before closing arguments,
yes.

Then why didn't you go to the district
attorney right then and ask him...

Because my client wouldn't let me.

It was attorney -client privilege, and
he was looking to protect his son.

I see. And if your client had been
acquitted, that would have been the end

it.

Well... You wouldn't be here today
seeking justice, would you, counsel?

That would have been the end of it.

Your Honor, my meeting with the boy,
though he didn't flat -out admit that he

did it, he didn't deny it either.

And a failure to deny can constitute an
admission under the rules of evidence.

The courts don't simply throw out
convictions, counsel, simply because...

kid hung himself.

What does that say?

I confronted him with what he did. He
goes home and hangs himself.

That isn't evidence.

Then let me offer evidence.

You haven't got any, Jimmy. I would like
the court to hear from my client. This

seems like a waste of the court's time.
He's serving a life sentence. We can't

waste one afternoon.

One day.

I don't know what you really plan to
accomplish.

I plan to accomplish getting him out of
prison, which he should be. Yeah, right.

Look, how about we get together on
Miller?

Fine. Cooperate with me on Olsen. I'll
talk on Miller.

Don't insult my intelligence, Jimmy.

I was insulting your integrity.

Fluid is actually being pumped into the
body at this point.

It's pretty much a salt solution
containing a local anesthetic. What kind

anesthetic?

Lidocaine. It numbs the patient.

Is this a difficult procedure, doctor?

It's quite simple, actually.

Which is part of the problem.

We've got dentists doing it,
dermatologists.

It's lucrative, and a lot of doctors
want in. And if they're not careful, the

procedure can be lethal.

As it was in this case.

What happened to Morris Riley?

The first mistake was taking so much fat
out.

Anything over 15%, in my view, is
unsafe.

Is this what killed him? No.

In my opinion, Mr. Riley suffered from a
lidocaine overdose.

The lidocaine lowered the heart rate,
eventually causing cardiac arrest.

And since he did this in his office
instead of at the hospital, he didn't

the necessary technology or personnel
available to respond to the crisis.

You weren't in the room, were you, Dr.
Willis? No, I was not. Have you ever

performed a liposuction procedure, sir?

I've done hundreds.

Hundreds?

Any in your office?

Almost all of them.

I see. So this decision not to go into a
hospital, you make that decision all

the time. I would never take that much
fat out in my office.

If I were going to remove more than 12
pounds, I would have done it in a

hospital.

That's a very good answer, Doctor.

Can you state to a medical certainty
that Mr. Riley died from a lidocaine

overdose? I can state it to a reasonable
certainty.

But not to an absolute medical
certainty.

That can almost never be done, counsel.
I see. And have you ever known Hartz to

go into arrest during this procedure
absent a lidocaine overdose?

Of course.

That's possible here, isn't it, doctor?

Possible, but my opinion is they
overloaded him with fluids.

I see.

Tell me, doctor, how many trials have
you testified in over the last year?

Many.

Many. More than 50?

Around 50.

And would it be fair to say, sir, that
you are primarily hired by these types

plaintiff law firms?

Objection. Sustained.

Let me rephrase.

You've been hired by this law firm
before, haven't you, sir?

Objection. What's the relevance? It goes
to bias, Your Honor.

He's been hired in the past and will be
hired in the future. This witness has

incentive to satisfy personal injury law
firms.

Objection! Move to strike that.

I'm going to overrule the objection, but
I'm closing the door on this line of

questioning.

In that case, I'm done, Your Honor.

You know what's going on. He's putting
us on trial.

He wants the jury to associate this case
with you and me.

All I can tell you at this time is the
suspect passed a psychiatric exam, which

means he's competent to stand trial.

Was the baseball bat found? I'm not
going to comment on the evidence at this

time. When there's further developments,
I'll keep you apprised. Were you

surprised this case was assigned to you
after so many recent high -profile

flaws?

There's no strategy here.

Just speak from the heart.

Okay.

Will I have to get into the, uh... bugs?

You might.

You may have to open yourself up in
there, Henry.

Our only chance is if the judge believes
you.

If he thinks you're hiding anything.

Okay.

Should Allison be there?

It couldn't hurt.

Everything was going fine, and then
suddenly his blood pressure just

Did you know why?

No. There's always a risk in any
surgery. I do know we didn't overload

When Mr. Riley's heart went into arrest,
what did you do?

We massaged the chest, brought in a
defibrillator, started the heart again.

But then it stopped.

We wheeled on a crash cart. Contrary to
Dr.

Will's assertion, we did have the
technology to respond to this crisis.

Dr. Stiles, Mr. Riley did die on your
table.

I know.

And it was devastating for all of us.

But death is a risk in every surgery.

Sometimes, whether it be heart failure
or reaction to anesthesia,

unforeseen circumstances take a life.

All I can assure you of, as I've assured
Mrs. Riley, is that... Everything was

done right in that room.

This is not a death due to doctor error.

Did you have a cardiothoracic surgeon?

I beg your pardon?

Did you have a cardiothoracic surgeon?

Somebody who could open up the patient's
chest, massage the heart, maybe put him

on bypass even. Did you have such a
doctor in your office?

No. A hospital would have, right?

How long have you been performing
liposuction, sir?

I've been doing them for about two
years. You are a cosmetic surgeon who

specializes on face reconstruction,
aren't you? If you're suggesting that

not qualified to do the procedure... I'm
suggesting this isn't your specialty.

I'm suggesting that up until two years
ago, you worked on faces and burned

victims, but you didn't do liposuction.
Isn't that correct? I'm sorry. I have to

object to this assault.

This is an assault?

Your Honor, I have a personal affection
for Mr. Young. I think he's a fine

attorney. Perhaps a reminder that this
is a civil trial. Your Honor. Never

I'm overruling the objection. Mr. Young,
proceed.

You sucked out 22 pounds of fat, didn't
you, Doctor?

Yes. You are aware that's more than
what's considered to be safe.

You can't quantify safety with
statistics.

It's done on a case -by -case basis, and
in this case, I felt it was safe.

And he died? Not because I took out too
much fat.

Well, as I understand it, the more fat
you suction out, the more trauma to the

body. Is that correct?

Yes. And the more lidocaine needed to...
This patient did not die from a

lidocaine overdose.

You know that to a medical certainty. As
I said, you can never know anything to

a medical certainty. Then why are you
saying it with such certainty?

Objection withdrawn.

How much do you charge for this kind of
procedure?

I charge Mr. Riley $8 ,000.

And that's up front, right?

No insurance to deal with? How is this
relevant? It is relevant because you're

in the business of sucking fat out of
people without any concern. Objection!

can save your personal affection, Mr.
Bradford. All right!

This is a court of law, not a street
fight. What did you say? That's enough!

Your Honor, I apologize both to you and
the jury for this unnecessary

acrimony.

Mr. Young, return your attention to the
witness, please.

Mr. Olson, at trial, you said when you
came out of your

office, you found the woman dead.

Did you see anything else?

Yes.

I saw my son, Stephen.

He was leaving.

Your son, Stephen?

Yes. But you never told anybody. I told
you deep into the trial only

because you were going to accuse my
wife.

Why did you keep this secret?

He had his whole life ahead of him, Your
Honor.

Me?

I'm... I was a perverted deviant who

liked to watch women step on bugs.

I am the reason that he committed this
crime. I drove him to commit this crime.

He'd heard his mother and me arguing
about my fetish.

My attorneys told me that I had a chance
of winning a trial.

So I took the chance, figuring if I
could get out of prison, I could get

Stephen some help.

Why should we believe you?

Because I'm telling the truth.

Well, your son is dead. He can't defend
himself to these charges.

I told Mr. Belluti before he was dead.

Even if you did, all this coincides with
your motive to be cleared of this

crime. And all we have is your word
here.

Isn't that right, Mr. Olson?

You lied to your wife about this bug
thing. You kept the truth from your own

attorneys. That is, if this latest
version is the truth.

We have a conviction here supported by
evidence, which you're trying to

with nothing but your word of honor.

And my affidavit.

I accused the son, Stephen, of killing
this woman. He didn't deny it. Instead,

he goes home and kills himself.

We have a tremendous injustice here.

An innocent man is sitting in jail for a
crime he didn't commit. We can't just

sit back and say, too late, game's over.

It's not too late.

There he still sits.

It's not too late.

We all say better to let ten guilty men
go free than send one innocent

man to jail.

And still he sits in prison innocent.

He didn't kill that woman.

Mr. Belluti, I'm impressed with your
passion, and I don't dismiss the value

your affidavit, but still, we have a
process here.

The jury listened to every witness, they
deliberated, and they returned a

verdict. And I certainly have to have
more than a defendant's word and an

attorney's word that he's innocent.

Otherwise, I'd be making a mockery of
the jury system altogether.

That's one thing.

If the D .A. was coming forward with you
saying an injustice has been done.

But here.

All I have is you.

The man's lawyer.

The man's friend.

Protesting his innocence.

The conviction stands.

Adjourned.

Come on to me.

I think we should call him on it.

I mean, how can we just sit back? Stick
to the case, Rebecca.

He's not.

You know he's not.

We play any other card at this point, we
just look desperate.

We stick to the merits of the case.

You're wasting your time, Jimmy.

What, you think you're going to liquor
me out? Suppose I deliver the rabbi

killer.

Murder, too.

Clyde Miller, Henry Olsen, straight up.

First of all, what you're proposing is
so unethical. Which is why I never

proposed it.

Second, I don't need any favors on
Miller. We got the guy.

No, you don't, Richard.

Prince on the bat.

rabbi's dna all over he found the rabbi
dead in the alley decided to rob him is

that his story could be and you can't
completely disprove it the guy's got an

assault record as long yeah history of
mugging not killing and all we need is

one lone juror high profile case public
outrage you lose this one richard

i know you don't want to think about
that i won't lose it jimmy Save your

trying to intimidate me.

I got an innocent man and a way to make
things easy for you.

It's win -win.

Justice, justice.

If, I say if, Olsen passes a polygraph,

I will consider a joint recommendation
to the court.

In a completely unrelated matter, I'm
offering Clyde Miller murder, too.

Res ipsa loquitur.

That's a Latin term which basically
means, what happened speaks for itself.

And that's what we have here.

That man... was in exclusive control of
the situation.

The patient died in a procedure where
injury does not normally occur.

After going in for liposuction, a
procedure so simple dentists are now

he came out dead. And the doctor's
response is, well, sometimes it happens.

Patients die.

And you know why he died, ladies and
gentlemen?

Money.

Money. With HMOs cutting costs, with
hospitals slashing doctors' salaries,

surgeons are turning to cosmetic surgery
to heat their pools. Forget having to

wait for insurance reimbursements. These
procedures aren't covered by insurance.

The money's up front. Six, seven, eight
thousand dollars a pop for liposuction.

Are we talking about cash, people?

And they do it right in their offices.

Because you start cutting profits when
you do it in a hospital.

Which is okay when things go right, I
guess.

But when things go wrong?

Morris Riley.

Death.

He took out 22 pounds of fat.

Too much by medical standards.

He had to load him with extra lidocaine
in order to do it. Lidocaine, a drug

that slows the pulse, a drug that
affects the heart.

And he did it in his office with no
cardiologist and no cardiothoracic

in the building. This should have been
done in a hospital.

Something went terribly wrong.

Simple procedure.

Patient dies.

Something went terribly wrong.

Res ipsa loquita.

Murder two?

Isn't that like life?

It is, but with parole maybe.

If you go down on murder one, forget it.
And you don't think that we could beat

it?

O .J., he beat it.

Honest, we could take the shot, but I
don't think we'd win.

In which case, you are looking at murder
one.

I think if we could make this go away
quiet, with murder two, we'd be crazy

to take it.

Never mind there's been no negligence.

Never mind nobody did anything wrong. Go
to court.

Roll the dice and hope for a jackpot.

Didn't used to be this way.

But with the proliferation of law
schools and the lowering of the bar, if

will, we have a glut of attorneys and a
resulting boom of litigation to feed

them.

And accordingly, you can always find a
lawyer to take your case today. And Mrs.

Riley,

Found two very capable ones to take
hers, didn't she?

The problem is, she has no evidence to
establish any

wrongdoing by Dr. Stiles.

But we had an unfortunate result.

And therefore, we are automatically
leaping to negligence.

Mr. Young even admitted as much, didn't
he? When he stood up here saying, Res

Ipsa.

Let's presume it.

I have compassion for Mrs.

Riley's pain, as I'm sure you do.

Her husband's heart gave out, as hearts
sometimes do.

There is a tragedy here, no question.

But there is no malpractice.

Mr. Young, rebuttal.

Whether there is malpractice or not,
that is your decision.

But I hope you don't think less of Mrs.
Riley's cause of action because of the

lawyers she found to represent her.

Well, don't get me wrong.

Like Mr. Bradford said, we're capable
attorneys.

I think we're even a credit to our
profession.

But let's face it, we're not the best.

We've come a long way, we've made some
progress, but we're just not the first

choice, are we?

What's going on here?

What's going on with the proliferation
of law schools and the lowering of the

bar? And more and more attorneys like us
are finding our way into this room.

I'm agreeing with you, Mr. Bradford.
Counsel, if you're not going to argue

evidence, I'll ask you to return to your
seat.

Mr. Young and I are very much in
evidence, Your Honor.

Mr. Bradford put us in evidence.

He asked Mrs. Riley who first told her
there was negligence. Was it a doctor or

was it your lawyer?

He asked her, how many law firms did you
visit before you found an attorney

willing to take your case?

He asked our expert witness if he was
regularly hired by these types of

plaintiff law firms.

He announces... his personal affection
for Mr. Young, and then reminds him this

isn't a street fight?

We are very much in evidence, Your
Honor, and I don't like it.

I don't like it one bit.

Ms. Washington, I'll ask you once again.

Please confine your remarks to the case.

Wife saves up money to give her husband
a liposuction procedure.

They go to a doctor.

Doctor performs procedure, husband dies.

That's a pretty good case.

Imagine how strong it would be if Mrs.
Riley had found the right kind of

lawyers.

I didn't do anything.

Where's Jimmy?

Right here. You signed off on murder,
too, with Clyde Miller?

Just like that?

We had to take it or leave it.

One -time offer.

So why did you take it? Because he was
looking at first degree.

Well, we still could have tried the
thing. And lost. But maybe won. There

evidence. Oh, please.

Jimmy, there were no witnesses.

I just beat a much tougher case than
this one a month ago with Daryl

What's going on?

Clyde Miller, he just copped a second
degree. There were no rabbits to pull on

this one, Eleanor. They had him dead to
center. Even so, Jimmy, this seems a

little rushed. And since I am second
chair, I think you could have run this

me before you... I didn't think you
really wanted to be bothered.

Okay.

Good news.

Henry passed the polygraph.

He did? Yeah. They're transferring him
to the courthouse.

What you taking the polygraph for?

Richard Bay. I worked him up last night.
He said if Henry passed a lie detector,

he'd endorse his release.

Bay's gonna recommend release now?

He said a polygraph would sell him.

Richard Bay, the DA on... Clyde Miller.

Oh, my God.

Tell me.

In my office.

I can't. They're transferring Henry back
to the courthouse. In my office.

You served up Miller to get Henry out? I
made independent deals. Don't screw

with me, Jimmy. I made separate deals
for two. You don't just cop to murder

Judgment call and don't tell me you've
never done it. I know you've done it.

talking here. And I'm not listening.
Shut up!

And don't you, don't you dare put
yourself in my position.

A man isn't in jail because of you.

A kid didn't put a noose around his neck
because of you.

You're falling apart.

Of course I'm falling apart.

I've been falling apart for three
months. I got to fix this, Bobby. I

you. You just stay the hell out of it. I
can't. Clyde Miller is a client of this

firm. I explained the deal to him. He
took it. He's stupid. He'll do whatever

you say. You keep out of it. You want to
fire me, fire me. But I got to fix

this.

He's a killer.

He killed a rabbi.

He should be in jail.

Henry Olsen shouldn't be.

This is a just result.

It doesn't work like that, Jimmy.

Please.

Two separate deals.

Two different cases.

He'd go down on murder one if we tried
it.

Just let this be.

It could take some time.

They first have to decide on liability.

If they find him negligent, then they go
to damages.

It could take some time.

You angry?

I just don't know that you helped,
Rebecca.

It was in the air. I wasn't playing
cards, I promise.

I just had to clear some air.

This is way too fast.

Tell me about it.

Mr. Foreman, the jury has reached a
verdict.

We have, Your Honor. What say you?

On question one, do we find the
defendant negligent? We, the jury,

On question two, do we find the
defendant's negligence to be the

of Morris Riley's death?

We, the jury, answer yes.

We further order the defendant to pay
damages to the plaintiff in the amount

$6 million.

Did he pay?

What did he pay?

He sure didn't pay $32 ,000.

$6 million?

Your Honor, we move for a judgment
notwithstanding the verdict and ask that

award be put aside.

Denied. This matter is adjourned.

Members of the jury, thank you for your
service.

Mr. Bay, I must say, I didn't expect
this.

Your Honor, Mr. Berluti's verified
affidavit, the boy's suicide, I have to

admit, it gives me serious pause.

Then this morning, Mr. Olson took a
polygraph, which he passed.

Though that's not legally admissible, it
should certainly be deemed reliable

and... Well, the Commonwealth no longer
believes he committed the crime.

At the minimum, he should be granted a
new trial.

Oh, and if granted a new trial, would
the Commonwealth pursue it?

No, Your Honor.

We couldn't proceed in good faith at
this point.

Well, then I'm certainly not going to
waste anybody's time.

Mr. Olsen, you're a free man. The
conviction is set aside. You can go.