1 00:00:00,580 --> 00:00:03,900 Previously on L .A. Law. Grace, we're going to be parents. 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,180 We owe it to the child to be living. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,000 You've never even told me you love me. But now you suddenly want to make this 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,220 lifetime commitment. 5 00:00:12,740 --> 00:00:15,100 They are things! They are just property! 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:20,660 No matter how expensive it is! No matter how much you love it! They will never 7 00:00:20,660 --> 00:00:21,660 love you back! 8 00:00:23,950 --> 00:00:28,470 Since the firm has been operating so efficiently and profitably over the past 9 00:00:28,470 --> 00:00:32,850 two months, I've decided to extend Douglas' term as pro tem senior partner. 10 00:00:33,170 --> 00:00:34,170 For how long? 11 00:00:34,690 --> 00:00:35,690 Indefinitely. 12 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:41,910 I love Leland McKenzie. I think we all do. But he's not bringing in new 13 00:00:42,090 --> 00:00:45,690 he's not practicing law much, and he has vested our future with Douglas. 14 00:00:46,110 --> 00:00:52,030 I don't believe I'm saying this, but I think the time has come for a shift in 15 00:00:52,030 --> 00:00:53,230 leadership. To whom? 16 00:00:55,020 --> 00:00:55,999 To me. 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,500 That was a betrayal. To go to the others behind my back, that was a betrayal, 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,319 you son of a bitch. I got two choices here. Either I can walk away from this 19 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,000 firm or I can stay here and fight for it. I chose the latter. You chose to 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,160 me. What's this? 21 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:10,440 Oh, this is security. 22 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:11,740 Never knowing you might need it. 23 00:01:11,940 --> 00:01:13,600 By the way, you're fired. 24 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,440 What? Don't throw a person out of his job like that. The partnership agreement 25 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,180 does not allow you. Hey, the decision's been made. 26 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:23,380 And if any of you don't like it, I suggest you quit. 27 00:01:23,870 --> 00:01:26,970 This is my firm, and don't you forget that for a second. 28 00:01:27,310 --> 00:01:32,010 Victor, we can be an elite litigation shop, plus which we will decimate the 29 00:01:32,010 --> 00:01:33,910 litigation department at Mackenzie Brackman. 30 00:01:34,450 --> 00:01:36,170 Mike, you really want to take down the firm? 31 00:01:36,610 --> 00:01:41,670 Douglas and Leland declared this war. If they're not me, I'm just going to be 32 00:01:41,670 --> 00:01:42,670 the one who wins. 33 00:01:54,199 --> 00:01:55,199 Morning. Morning. 34 00:02:00,060 --> 00:02:04,920 Excuse me, sir. You need a clearance badge. 35 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,259 I'm a partner. I'm sorry, sir. Take your hands off of me. Now. 36 00:02:08,460 --> 00:02:10,100 Nobody enters without clearance. 37 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,960 There are two of you. I got four. I don't think you really want this to get 38 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:14,320 physical here. Excuse me, Michael. 39 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,300 I don't think you want this to get physical. 40 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,100 I have personal things in my office. Not anymore, you don't. 41 00:02:19,669 --> 00:02:23,030 Everything's boxed. Take them and get out. Now, you listen to me, you son of a 42 00:02:23,030 --> 00:02:25,350 bitch. No, you listen. All right. You don't work here anymore. 43 00:02:25,690 --> 00:02:28,750 You're not allowed on these premises until April 28th when you're officially 44 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:31,770 finally voted out. So pick up your things and take them down to the parking 45 00:02:31,770 --> 00:02:35,230 garage, and I suggest you hurry because there's a tow truck on its way as we 46 00:02:35,230 --> 00:02:38,470 speak to haul your illegally parked car out of the building. What's going on? 47 00:02:38,610 --> 00:02:39,950 Michael and his friends were just leaving. 48 00:02:40,170 --> 00:02:41,170 Say goodbye. 49 00:02:41,850 --> 00:02:42,850 Get the boxes. 50 00:02:43,410 --> 00:02:44,410 I'll be back, Douglas. 51 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,880 No, I should see what happened to the guards. Okay, let's all settle in. Never 52 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,600 mind settling in, Douglas. Things are very unsettled. This whole business with 53 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,800 the guards is completely out of control. As I've explained over and over again, 54 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,240 if Michael's intention is to steal files... He is not trying to steal 55 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:43,220 He's not sneaking in here at night. He attempted lawfully to enter these 56 00:05:43,220 --> 00:05:46,200 premises during business hours. Sounds like you've been talking to him, Victor. 57 00:05:46,340 --> 00:05:49,760 I have been talking to him, Doug, and I know for a fact that he only wants 58 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,020 access to his office... 59 00:05:51,340 --> 00:05:56,120 Honestly and openly. All right, look. We don't like having to hire guards. Using 60 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:01,100 security to stop partners from coming in is... I'm ashamed. 61 00:06:01,540 --> 00:06:05,360 But Michael is trying to get files and client phone numbers. 62 00:06:05,620 --> 00:06:11,360 While I respect the fact that he's doing it openly without sneaking in or 63 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:15,720 without raiding our computers, we still have to stop him. Move along, Douglas. 64 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:17,400 In re C .J. Lamb. 65 00:06:17,790 --> 00:06:21,310 She's in Palm Springs most of the week giving a seminar to visiting East Block 66 00:06:21,310 --> 00:06:22,310 trial lawyers. 67 00:06:22,410 --> 00:06:26,050 What? It's Zoe's thing, really. She got invited as a guest lecturer, and she 68 00:06:26,050 --> 00:06:27,990 roped in C .J. because she didn't want to do it alone. 69 00:06:28,330 --> 00:06:31,730 $6 ,000 for lecturing a few Bulgarians and Russians. 70 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,000 This is not a bad deal. Moving on. People versus Morrison. 71 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:39,100 Trial starts today. I'm still trying to push the plate. Is this the Christian 72 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:42,620 Science couple? Yeah, I'm looking to cop down a child endangerment, but the D 73 00:06:42,620 --> 00:06:46,560 .A. wants manslaughter. Why shouldn't he? It's murder. Oh, now let's not 74 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:49,760 They let their three -year -old child die. They didn't want him to die. 75 00:06:50,060 --> 00:06:52,440 I agree with Douglas. It was their fate. They knew the kid was sick. You don't 76 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,240 even know the... All right, all right. Do we always have to fight for God's 77 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,800 sakes? Why can't we support one another on something? 78 00:06:59,950 --> 00:07:03,970 What the hell is wrong with us? We just... What the hell is wrong with us? 79 00:07:08,930 --> 00:07:13,690 Welcome. Over the next few days, we will be focusing on the adversarial system 80 00:07:13,690 --> 00:07:18,210 of the American judicial process, which you will find contrasts sharply with 81 00:07:18,210 --> 00:07:20,090 that of your Eastern Bloc countries. 82 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,440 After we go through some basic advocacy drilling over the first two days, we 83 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:29,460 will then actually conduct a moot court mock trial where one of you will get to 84 00:07:29,460 --> 00:07:32,600 show off your skills in a courtroom setting. Isn't that exciting? 85 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:41,280 Okay, first, the opening argument. Excuse me, just one second. 86 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:45,720 First, we have to warm up. 87 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,040 What are you doing? This is death, though. These people have paid $7 ,500 88 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:50,200 this. They've got to have a little fun. 89 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:55,820 Good morning, communists! My name is C .J. Lamb. I am your co -host. 90 00:07:56,220 --> 00:08:01,260 And the first thing that we have to learn about the American system, it's 91 00:08:01,540 --> 00:08:04,320 We jump up. We object. We call each other names. 92 00:08:04,580 --> 00:08:05,680 It's a circus. 93 00:08:06,220 --> 00:08:12,440 Okay, now, after three, I want you all to say, I object, and be right out there 94 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:13,440 with it. Okay. 95 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:14,880 One, two... 96 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:16,660 Three. I object. 97 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:18,760 Are you lawyers or librarian? 98 00:08:19,340 --> 00:08:22,500 My God, you object in an American courtroom. You have to be heard. 99 00:08:22,900 --> 00:08:23,900 Louder. Okay. 100 00:08:23,980 --> 00:08:24,980 I object. 101 00:08:25,540 --> 00:08:26,740 I object. 102 00:08:27,260 --> 00:08:29,840 Hang your hand on the table. Say it like you mean it. I object. 103 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:31,059 I object. 104 00:08:31,060 --> 00:08:32,539 Again. I object. 105 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:34,020 Again and again. Keep doing it. 106 00:08:42,059 --> 00:08:45,880 I've got to make one more stab before we go in there, and I want you to listen 107 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:50,820 good. In 21 cases over the past 10 years, parents like yourselves have been 108 00:08:50,820 --> 00:08:52,180 charged with manslaughter. 109 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:57,360 In all 21, they argued that freedom of religion guarantees them the right to 110 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:01,900 refuse medical treatment for their children, and in all 21, they lost. 111 00:09:03,020 --> 00:09:05,300 You've got to let me argue some kind of insanity. 112 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:10,720 We'll just say the church had you brainwashed. We are not going to attack 113 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:15,330 church. Mr. Morrison, the jury is going to need somebody to blame here. If it 114 00:09:15,330 --> 00:09:18,790 ain't the church, it's going to be you and your wife. The choice we made for 115 00:09:18,790 --> 00:09:19,790 Kevin was ours. 116 00:09:20,390 --> 00:09:24,530 No one forced us to do it. If we argue that, you're going to get convicted. 117 00:09:24,890 --> 00:09:26,230 We're not going against our faith. 118 00:09:27,430 --> 00:09:28,430 No. 119 00:09:29,210 --> 00:09:31,590 Would you mind if I had a word alone with your wife? 120 00:09:33,150 --> 00:09:34,370 Karen and I do agree. 121 00:09:35,770 --> 00:09:37,850 Just give me one minute, please. 122 00:09:49,300 --> 00:09:51,360 I don't think you're with him on this. 123 00:09:52,020 --> 00:09:56,860 So I think maybe you should go for a separate trial. At least let's get 124 00:09:56,860 --> 00:09:59,680 lawyer in here. I'm with my husband, Mr. Mullaney. 125 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:01,740 Karen, this is a murder trial. 126 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,000 I know that. 127 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,680 I also know there's no way I'd survive any of this. 128 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,120 Not without Greg. 129 00:10:19,270 --> 00:10:23,430 The child was brought into ER about midnight. At that time, his temperature 130 00:10:23,430 --> 00:10:26,790 104, and his breathing was extremely weak. 131 00:10:27,010 --> 00:10:28,010 Did you make a diagnosis? 132 00:10:28,190 --> 00:10:32,410 He was suffering from acute bacterial meningitis. The membranes covering his 133 00:10:32,410 --> 00:10:34,950 spinal cord and his brain were inflamed. What did you do? 134 00:10:35,410 --> 00:10:39,250 By that point, there was really nothing we could do. We injected him with 135 00:10:39,250 --> 00:10:42,810 massive doses of antibiotics. We tried to stabilize his breathing, but... 136 00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:44,910 It was too late. 137 00:10:45,810 --> 00:10:46,810 He died? 138 00:10:46,990 --> 00:10:47,849 He died. 139 00:10:47,850 --> 00:10:50,910 Based on your examination, doctor, how long had Kevin been ill? 140 00:10:51,230 --> 00:10:53,130 At least three days, maybe longer. 141 00:10:53,370 --> 00:10:57,630 And had his parents sought medical attention for their child earlier, would 142 00:10:57,630 --> 00:10:58,549 have made a difference? 143 00:10:58,550 --> 00:10:59,550 Absolutely. 144 00:10:59,950 --> 00:11:03,750 Bacterial meningitis is curable. In most cases, all you need is penicillin. Is 145 00:11:03,750 --> 00:11:04,790 it possible that Mr. 146 00:11:04,990 --> 00:11:07,870 and Mrs. Morrison didn't realize their child was sick? 147 00:11:08,130 --> 00:11:09,610 No, that is not possible. 148 00:11:11,180 --> 00:11:15,820 This child had a disastrous fever. His sheets would have been soaked. He also 149 00:11:15,820 --> 00:11:16,880 would have been vomiting terribly. 150 00:11:17,580 --> 00:11:20,740 This kind of illness can cause massive pain. 151 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,820 He had to be suffering, and they had to know it. 152 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:26,960 Thank you, doctor. Nothing further. 153 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:36,320 Doctor, this massive pain or sweating or vomiting, you didn't 154 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:37,099 see it. 155 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:41,120 No, but I can assure you... You can assure me? Let's talk about assurances. 156 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:45,240 it your testimony that penicillin and medical care would have guaranteed 157 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,780 recovery? We can never guarantee it. In fact, many children die from bacterial 158 00:11:49,780 --> 00:11:53,120 meningitis despite proper medical treatment. Isn't that right? 159 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:54,820 It does happen, certainly. Certainly. 160 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:56,700 And, Doctor? 161 00:11:57,370 --> 00:12:01,110 Do you believe that the mental state of a patient can affect his recovery? 162 00:12:01,350 --> 00:12:06,090 It can be a factor. In fact, many doctors believe that the immune system 163 00:12:06,090 --> 00:12:10,730 compromised by stress and depression and fortified by hope and optimism. 164 00:12:11,310 --> 00:12:13,590 That's anecdotal. There's no scientific evidence. 165 00:12:13,870 --> 00:12:18,610 But you do believe that there is a body -mind connection in healing, don't you? 166 00:12:18,690 --> 00:12:21,690 As I said, it can be a factor, but I... Yes. 167 00:12:21,990 --> 00:12:22,990 And doctor? 168 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:27,340 During the course of this emergency and its aftermath, you had occasion to meet 169 00:12:27,340 --> 00:12:28,540 with my clients, didn't you? 170 00:12:28,900 --> 00:12:33,940 Yes. And did you find them to be anything other than loving, devoted 171 00:12:33,940 --> 00:12:35,820 cared desperately for their little boy? 172 00:12:37,620 --> 00:12:38,820 No, I did not. 173 00:12:39,620 --> 00:12:40,620 Thanks, Doctor. 174 00:12:40,940 --> 00:12:41,940 That's all I have. 175 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,740 Michael's fired his first two scuds, Leland, and they both hit. What are you 176 00:12:51,740 --> 00:12:54,910 talking about? He went into court this morning with Earl Williams, ex parte, 177 00:12:54,910 --> 00:12:58,250 dissolved our attachment in his house, a $300 ,000 attachment. 178 00:12:58,690 --> 00:13:01,830 How the hell could he do that? By representing to the court that the value 179 00:13:01,830 --> 00:13:06,010 his legal services tended to Earl was 20 ,000 tops. Then he went to Brentwood 180 00:13:06,010 --> 00:13:08,930 Federal, the bank that gave us the half -million line of credit because of the 181 00:13:08,930 --> 00:13:12,370 attachment, showed them the court papers, told them who knows what about 182 00:13:12,370 --> 00:13:15,650 solvency. The bottom line is, the bank recalled the loan. We have to come up 183 00:13:15,650 --> 00:13:17,370 with $262 ,000 immediately. 184 00:13:18,170 --> 00:13:22,010 Bastard! He also withdrew $50 ,000 out of a cash reserve, which practically 185 00:13:22,010 --> 00:13:26,910 empties it. Now that is larceny. He claims it's an advance on the $150 we 186 00:13:26,910 --> 00:13:27,910 him in capital. 187 00:13:29,990 --> 00:13:31,870 Excuse me. Do you have a minute? 188 00:13:32,090 --> 00:13:33,230 No, it's important. 189 00:13:35,150 --> 00:13:36,210 Come on in. 190 00:13:38,470 --> 00:13:42,530 These are our respective resignations. 191 00:13:43,590 --> 00:13:45,710 Michael Kuzak has opened up a law office. 192 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,180 And the four of us have decided to go with him. 193 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,320 We don't mean for this to be an abandonment. 194 00:13:51,620 --> 00:13:53,580 We'll stay here and work for you as long as you want. 195 00:13:54,340 --> 00:13:55,760 Until you can find replacements. 196 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:01,040 How can you do this? Leland, Victor, Michael, and I would be name partners in 197 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,200 litigation specialty firm. It would be White Collar, Rico. 198 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:09,700 It's something we've always wanted. It would be a challenge we want to accept. 199 00:14:10,020 --> 00:14:12,020 Abby and I have been offered junior partnerships. 200 00:14:12,740 --> 00:14:15,240 Like Victor said, though, we will stay and work. 201 00:14:15,740 --> 00:14:16,740 as long as you want us. 202 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,100 Oh, now, come on. Can't we all just sit down and discuss this? 203 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:25,620 You're all fired. 204 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:27,200 Effective immediately. 205 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:28,700 Come on now, Doug. 206 00:14:29,140 --> 00:14:35,540 You need this place to operate. It has to be the same for you as for Michael. 207 00:14:36,020 --> 00:14:38,280 We can't allow you to stay and cultivate clients. 208 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:39,600 It would ruin us. 209 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:43,200 Please collect your things and be gone by the end of business tomorrow. 210 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:01,840 Excellent. Very good indeed. 211 00:15:03,340 --> 00:15:04,780 Shake that pencil. 212 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:10,560 Tongue slightly out over top lip. This may feel silly, but you really are doing 213 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,480 something. Now, this tells the jury that your wheels are spinning. 214 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,400 You've thought of something important. 215 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,600 American trial law is 50 % performance. 216 00:15:20,860 --> 00:15:22,160 Never forget that. 217 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:26,540 Okay, when I say now, the witness will have just said something you believe to 218 00:15:26,540 --> 00:15:28,500 be a gross exaggeration. 219 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:29,960 Now. 220 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,640 Perfect. Okay, I'm going to ask the witness something about your client. 221 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,340 And she responds, that man is a complete idiot. 222 00:15:38,660 --> 00:15:41,940 But the judge says, overruled. 223 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,820 But the judge, he is a horrible judge, and he says no. 224 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,180 Mr. Orwalski, what do you do? Please, Your Honor, prejudicial. 225 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:54,180 You're firing spitballs at a tiger tank. You have to be more aggressive. 226 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:55,600 Show, Mr. Chang. 227 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,240 Your Honor, chambers now. 228 00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:59,420 No, no, no, no, no, no. 229 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:00,880 Bastard. 230 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:02,300 Impeachment. 231 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:04,040 Excellent, 232 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:06,780 excellent. I think we're way ahead of schedule. 233 00:16:07,340 --> 00:16:08,340 Let's go to the pool. 234 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:09,900 Pool time, everybody. 235 00:16:13,660 --> 00:16:17,080 Mr. Morrison, how long have you been a Christian scientist? 236 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:18,640 All my life. 237 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:23,220 I was raised that way. And would you explain for the jury why it is that 238 00:16:23,220 --> 00:16:25,440 of your faith refuse medical treatment? 239 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:32,020 Well, basically we believe that healing should be accomplished spiritually, that 240 00:16:32,020 --> 00:16:36,780 the presence of God and the power of prayer should break hold of the disease. 241 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,000 Well, that's fine, but why not take a little medicine anyway just to be safe? 242 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,620 Because resorting to medical technology is seen as a distrust of the faith. 243 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,500 Now, I want you to tell us what you did after Kevin got sick. 244 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:51,640 Well, we, of course, prayed. 245 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,540 And when he seemed to get worse, we called a practitioner. 246 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:56,840 What's a practitioner? 247 00:16:57,180 --> 00:17:02,140 Somebody licensed by the church to treat others with spiritual healing. 248 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:04,420 And what did the practitioner do? 249 00:17:05,060 --> 00:17:09,560 She, uh... She assisted us with our prayers. 250 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,680 Over the next couple of days, Kevin got worse. 251 00:17:15,310 --> 00:17:18,750 We called the practitioner again, and she gave us the same advice. 252 00:17:20,650 --> 00:17:25,530 Karen wanted to take him to the hospital, but I resisted her. 253 00:17:25,730 --> 00:17:29,690 But eventually she did take him to the hospital, didn't she? She couldn't bear 254 00:17:29,690 --> 00:17:30,690 it any longer. 255 00:17:30,790 --> 00:17:32,290 Kevin was in so much pain. 256 00:17:33,770 --> 00:17:36,990 Mr. Morrison, why did your son die? 257 00:17:38,710 --> 00:17:39,950 Because we were weak. 258 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:45,020 Because we didn't trust God enough to heal him. 259 00:17:45,460 --> 00:17:47,020 Do you have any other kids? 260 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:49,440 No. 261 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:51,400 I have nothing further. 262 00:17:54,040 --> 00:18:00,020 Two years ago, you were admitted to Sinai Hospital with a broken thumb. 263 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:05,940 You were treated, your thumb was set in a cast, and you left. Is that right? 264 00:18:06,140 --> 00:18:10,280 The church permits receiving treatment for broken bones. Oh, is that a 265 00:18:10,540 --> 00:18:15,100 Objection. You had a bone broken in your thumb, and you went running to the 266 00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:20,620 doctors. Your son is sick with a life -threatening meningitis, vomiting, in 267 00:18:20,620 --> 00:18:24,980 pain, and you just let him lie there? He had had fevers before, and he had been 268 00:18:24,980 --> 00:18:27,560 healed by prayer. How is your thumb, Mr. Morrison? 269 00:18:29,550 --> 00:18:31,730 You're a very intelligent man, Mr. Morrison. 270 00:18:31,930 --> 00:18:36,570 You run a small publishing company, extremely well -read. Is there a 271 00:18:36,570 --> 00:18:41,750 here? Oh, yes, there is. You had to know, you had to, that medical treatment 272 00:18:41,750 --> 00:18:44,170 could have saved him, and you did nothing. 273 00:18:45,070 --> 00:18:49,890 If you had it to do all over again, would you take your boy to the hospital? 274 00:18:53,270 --> 00:18:54,270 I don't know. 275 00:18:54,470 --> 00:18:55,470 Oh, God. 276 00:18:55,630 --> 00:18:56,630 You don't know? 277 00:18:57,310 --> 00:18:58,390 I have nothing further. 278 00:19:22,830 --> 00:19:26,710 These court officers obviously want to admit these pinnacle others into 279 00:19:26,710 --> 00:19:27,810 evidence. What do we say? 280 00:19:35,310 --> 00:19:37,470 Ms. Commons, could I talk to you? 281 00:19:37,690 --> 00:19:40,130 Sure. What the hell is going on? 282 00:19:40,770 --> 00:19:43,330 This is supposed to be an intense three -day workshop. 283 00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:45,630 You've got your entire class out here in the pool. 284 00:19:46,110 --> 00:19:49,490 Well, Tom, they've come a long way. They're in California. They should have 285 00:19:49,490 --> 00:19:53,010 fun. These people are lawyers who paid a lot of money and traveled a great 286 00:19:53,010 --> 00:19:55,170 distance to learn about American jurisprudence. 287 00:19:55,670 --> 00:19:59,810 Now, the other 260 students are doing that. They're in marathon classes, 288 00:19:59,810 --> 00:20:00,830 tests, getting lectures. 289 00:20:01,420 --> 00:20:06,000 Yours are out here in the hotel pool drinking pina coladas. We feel they are 290 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,480 learning. Well, you better hope so. 291 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,740 Tomorrow, you're going to have to put one of them in front of three California 292 00:20:10,740 --> 00:20:13,640 Supreme Court justices who plan on being tough. 293 00:20:13,940 --> 00:20:16,800 What? The moot court. Your section goes tomorrow. 294 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,160 I thought I would be playing the judge in the moot court. I don't know where 295 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:21,019 got that. 296 00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:23,880 We have three high court jurors here to do it. It's a serious thing. 297 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,760 Have you got your class ready? Of course. 298 00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:28,260 They're ready. 299 00:20:29,370 --> 00:20:31,510 Nobody will lose their jobs. 300 00:20:31,850 --> 00:20:33,970 Payroll will not be interrupted. 301 00:20:34,330 --> 00:20:40,910 Business will continue in its normal course. Management anticipated and 302 00:20:40,910 --> 00:20:45,430 for this contingency. And the situation is well in control. 303 00:20:45,770 --> 00:20:47,790 Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. We are in the process of 304 00:20:47,790 --> 00:20:53,030 interviewing new lawyers, which process has been ongoing for several weeks. So 305 00:20:53,030 --> 00:20:55,930 everybody relax. This is not a big deal. 306 00:20:56,130 --> 00:20:57,810 Douglas, please. 307 00:20:58,639 --> 00:21:00,700 Not a big deal at all. 308 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,860 I've set up a hearing in front of Judge Lobel tomorrow afternoon. 309 00:21:11,420 --> 00:21:15,260 I want to get an injunction, prevent them from working for any of our 310 00:21:15,580 --> 00:21:20,240 I also want a $3 million lawsuit filed, breach of contract, fiduciary duty. 311 00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:22,780 Let's shut them down before they even get started. 312 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,720 Who do you want handling the motion? Outside counsel. I want the heaviest 313 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,980 we can get. I want them. I'm out. 314 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,760 I've headed up the Department of Oncology for the last seven years at the 315 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,120 University Hospital San Diego. 316 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:41,200 And, Dr. Leb, do you employ or consult with spiritual healers? 317 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:42,600 No, I do not. 318 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:43,699 Why not? 319 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:44,700 Because I'm a doctor. 320 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:46,800 I believe in Western medicine. 321 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:51,500 Okay. Have you ever had a patient who benefited medically from prayer and 322 00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:53,190 alone? Yes, I have. 323 00:21:54,030 --> 00:21:55,790 Could you tell us about him? 324 00:21:56,230 --> 00:22:01,590 He was a 45 -year -old man, heavy smoker, diagnosed with inoperable lung 325 00:22:01,830 --> 00:22:03,270 What was his prognosis? 326 00:22:03,510 --> 00:22:04,950 We gave him six months maximum. 327 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:07,410 We tried radiation on him, but it didn't have any effect. 328 00:22:08,150 --> 00:22:10,170 Three months later, he came in for an examination. 329 00:22:11,070 --> 00:22:14,030 The cancer was completely gone, no evidence of it whatsoever. 330 00:22:14,370 --> 00:22:15,370 How could this be? 331 00:22:15,570 --> 00:22:17,170 I have absolutely no idea. 332 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:22,520 He said he had been treated by a spiritual healer, that he had prayed a 333 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:23,840 this got rid of the cancer? 334 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:25,900 I'm as dumbfounded as you are, Counsel. 335 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:31,660 I did some research after this, and I found thousands of documented cases 336 00:22:31,660 --> 00:22:34,780 diseases, some of them fatal, had been cured by prayer. 337 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,480 As a scientist, I wanted to dismiss it, but we cannot. 338 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:45,420 So, as a physician and an oncologist, it is your professional opinion that 339 00:22:45,420 --> 00:22:47,480 spiritual healing can be successful. 340 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:49,060 It's not just my opinion. 341 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,760 It's the majority opinion in world societies. 342 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:56,100 And more and more Western doctors are now recognizing that you cannot separate 343 00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:59,200 the state of the body from the condition of the spirit. 344 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:00,700 You simply cannot. 345 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:01,880 Thank you, doctor. 346 00:23:02,020 --> 00:23:03,020 Nothing further. 347 00:23:04,620 --> 00:23:08,760 Doctor, if you were confronted with a patient with cancer that was operable, 348 00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:13,000 would you ever send them to a spiritual healer in lieu of surgery? 349 00:23:13,380 --> 00:23:16,740 No. How about as an alternative to chemotherapy or radiation? 350 00:23:17,380 --> 00:23:21,860 No. And given the sentence that Kevin Morrison was experiencing due to his 351 00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:27,220 meningitis, do you find it acceptable for his parents not to have sought 352 00:23:27,220 --> 00:23:28,220 attention? 353 00:23:28,980 --> 00:23:30,820 I ask you a question, Doctor. 354 00:23:31,390 --> 00:23:36,050 Do you find their refusal to seek medical attention acceptable? 355 00:23:36,770 --> 00:23:38,730 No, I do not. Thank you, Doctor. 356 00:23:39,010 --> 00:23:40,070 I have nothing further. 357 00:23:41,510 --> 00:23:46,090 Mr. Mullaney? The defense rests at your honor. Mr. Gold? Your honor, I exercise 358 00:23:46,090 --> 00:23:47,690 my right to recall Mrs. 359 00:23:47,910 --> 00:23:48,849 Karen Morrison. 360 00:23:48,850 --> 00:23:49,850 Ten o 'clock tomorrow. 361 00:23:49,930 --> 00:23:50,930 We are adjourned. 362 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:04,280 Why didn't you tell me? 363 00:24:05,980 --> 00:24:07,020 How could we? 364 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,420 We couldn't. You're a partner. 365 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:11,740 You have the fiduciary responsibility. 366 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,880 You know the spiel, Ann. 367 00:24:19,540 --> 00:24:25,480 You, um... You guys didn't want Stuart and me to come with you, huh? 368 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:29,500 It's strictly a litigation firm. 369 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,800 We wanted you, but we didn't think you'd come without Stuart. 370 00:24:37,220 --> 00:24:40,900 But there really isn't enough cash flow for a lot of partners. 371 00:24:41,860 --> 00:24:42,860 Uh -huh. 372 00:24:44,780 --> 00:24:46,220 I'm so sorry, Anne. 373 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,160 I feel so betrayed. 374 00:24:53,260 --> 00:24:54,260 I know. 375 00:25:04,460 --> 00:25:08,180 How in God's name can you go into a private practice with Michael and 376 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,580 You're involved with the one you used to be involved with the other. 377 00:25:13,620 --> 00:25:18,160 Well, the truth is, I'm only going to be there until the baby's born. 378 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,300 They just need my name for marquee value just while they set up. 379 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,340 Ex -judge, ex -DA. 380 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:30,260 And I'll get ownership interest for life for just six months' work. 381 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,600 So when the baby's born, you're out? 382 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,040 Basically. 383 00:25:35,310 --> 00:25:42,030 I want to take at least a year, maybe two, and this deal 384 00:25:42,030 --> 00:25:43,150 allows me to do that. 385 00:25:43,690 --> 00:25:45,110 He could have cut a deal here. 386 00:25:46,070 --> 00:25:52,750 And there's going to be a war here, and Victor 387 00:25:52,750 --> 00:25:54,970 will be one of the enemies. 388 00:25:55,270 --> 00:25:56,670 I sleep with him. 389 00:25:56,970 --> 00:25:58,210 I'm going to have his baby. 390 00:25:59,530 --> 00:26:01,150 We could even get married. 391 00:26:03,690 --> 00:26:07,710 How could I possibly work here with all of you going against him? 392 00:26:11,950 --> 00:26:14,890 I've really loved working with you. 393 00:26:46,890 --> 00:26:47,890 DJ, wake up. 394 00:26:49,270 --> 00:26:51,530 DJ, DJ, wake up. 395 00:26:51,730 --> 00:26:54,650 We have overslept. It is 9 o 'clock. We are in trouble. 396 00:26:55,570 --> 00:26:59,350 Why? Because we had an 8 o 'clock class set up. We're an hour late. We have moot 397 00:26:59,350 --> 00:27:02,190 court at 1 o 'clock and our class knows nothing except how to get jailed for 398 00:27:02,190 --> 00:27:06,530 contempt. Calm down, Sally. I can't calm down. And what have you done to these 399 00:27:06,530 --> 00:27:08,730 men? Nothing. 400 00:27:09,010 --> 00:27:11,590 That's Joel and Rowan, two of us Jews. 401 00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:13,840 The Bulgarian brothers? 402 00:27:14,180 --> 00:27:19,060 Yeah, Joel left his key in his room, Rowan lost his, and there was nobody at 403 00:27:19,060 --> 00:27:21,280 desk, and we got back from the clock. Which was when? 404 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:22,720 5 a .m. 405 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:27,060 Trust me, Zoe, nobody showed up at 8 o 'clock. 406 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:31,220 Great. We have a moot court in front of three California Supreme Court justices, 407 00:27:31,220 --> 00:27:33,480 and you keep the class out dancing till dawn. 408 00:27:33,860 --> 00:27:35,800 They said it was hammer time. What could I do? 409 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,420 Who are we going to put up there? Who the hell knows enough to bluff it in 410 00:27:39,420 --> 00:27:41,040 of three Supreme Court judges? 411 00:27:44,460 --> 00:27:45,500 Me, that too. 412 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:47,440 What? Mm -hmm. 413 00:27:47,740 --> 00:27:52,100 They don't know me, including that Wodkin, so I'll put on a suit, my best 414 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:55,740 accent, I'll be brilliant, and you'll get the prize for best teacher. 415 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,320 Do you have any O .J.? We cannot do this. This is fraud. This is wrong. It's 416 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,720 lie. We have no choice. Not only do our students not know anything, they're also 417 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:05,860 completely hungover. 418 00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:07,700 And that one looks dead. 419 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,640 I am never taking you on another trip. 420 00:28:11,980 --> 00:28:12,980 Never. 421 00:28:17,230 --> 00:28:18,230 We've got to move, Douglas. 422 00:28:18,710 --> 00:28:21,890 Tommy just called from court. He found out from the clerk's office that Michael 423 00:28:21,890 --> 00:28:25,110 Kuzak is bringing an ex parte motion to dissolve this firm. What? 424 00:28:25,430 --> 00:28:28,870 11 o 'clock, Division 3. He must have found out about our motion this 425 00:28:28,930 --> 00:28:31,870 and he decided to hit first. Yeah, notify all the partners. I want 426 00:28:31,870 --> 00:28:32,870 my office now. 427 00:28:33,070 --> 00:28:35,570 Well, Arnie's got his therapy session this morning. Get him the hell out of 428 00:28:35,570 --> 00:28:37,710 therapy. We've got to block that motion. 429 00:28:41,870 --> 00:28:46,050 I'll try to keep this very brief, ma 'am. I know this whole ordeal is... 430 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:47,760 Difficult. 431 00:28:49,460 --> 00:28:53,580 Why did you take your three -year -old son to the emergency room that night? 432 00:28:55,180 --> 00:28:56,540 Because he was dying. 433 00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:01,080 But if you truly believed he could be healed spiritually, why did you take him 434 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:02,080 to a hospital? 435 00:29:02,980 --> 00:29:09,840 Because... Because the prayers weren't working. He wasn't getting 436 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,360 better. No, he wasn't. 437 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:18,110 In fact... you didn't think the prayers were working two days before that, isn't 438 00:29:18,110 --> 00:29:19,110 that right? 439 00:29:19,550 --> 00:29:24,070 Didn't you have a yelling argument with the Christian science practitioner in 440 00:29:24,070 --> 00:29:27,110 which you screamed at her, this isn't working? 441 00:29:27,810 --> 00:29:28,810 Didn't you? 442 00:29:29,930 --> 00:29:33,590 Yes. And you told her this child needs to be hospitalized. 443 00:29:34,350 --> 00:29:37,490 And she told me to just keep praying, to have faith. 444 00:29:37,750 --> 00:29:38,950 But you didn't have faith. 445 00:29:39,310 --> 00:29:43,630 And you just sat by as he got worse. His temperature climbed to 104. You did 446 00:29:43,630 --> 00:29:47,910 nothing. As he got closer to death, you did nothing to save your own son. 447 00:29:52,870 --> 00:29:56,210 Do you believe you did the right thing? 448 00:30:00,030 --> 00:30:02,290 I have nothing further. 449 00:30:09,420 --> 00:30:14,420 Miss Lambroski, you are the class representative of... Section 14, Miss 450 00:30:14,460 --> 00:30:20,140 class. How would you define hearsay? Out -of -court statement offered to prove 451 00:30:20,140 --> 00:30:23,120 the truth of the matter stated. Any exception to the rule? 452 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:29,860 Confessions, admissions, former testimony, judgment... Former testimony, 453 00:30:29,860 --> 00:30:34,420 admissible. The declarant must be unavailable. 454 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:39,560 The party is being offered against must have had opportunity to cross -examine. 455 00:30:39,780 --> 00:30:42,300 All right, Ms. Lambroski, you may sit down. 456 00:30:43,660 --> 00:30:45,160 I would like to speak to Mr. 457 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:46,400 Lee Chang. 458 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,140 Objection. Ms. 459 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,460 Lambroski was the designated representative. 460 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,420 Yes, and she's very clearly in command of the rules of evidence, so I'd like to 461 00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:59,080 give another student a chance. I wasn't told this. Ms. Clemens, we want to give 462 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:00,380 somebody else a try. 463 00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:03,640 Step up, Mr. Chang. 464 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,100 God help me. 465 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:15,940 Now, how would you go about crossing, say, an expert pathologist who has 466 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:18,680 testified against you in a mad malpractice? 467 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:20,900 Foundation fast. 468 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:27,700 attack his skill, whip him up, move in for kill, confront him with my own 469 00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:30,480 reports, move to strike his chief report. 470 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:31,800 Your Honor, 471 00:31:32,740 --> 00:31:36,440 these were teaching techniques used to expedite... Is that right? 472 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,340 Maybe we should go back to meet. 473 00:31:38,540 --> 00:31:43,160 Sit down. Sitting down, here I go. Mr. Chang, explain exactly what you've 474 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,140 learned from these cute little limericks. No rhymes. 475 00:31:46,460 --> 00:31:47,720 Just tell us. 476 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:53,580 Basically, Your Honor, approach witness on foundation first, impeach his 477 00:31:53,580 --> 00:31:58,860 expertise. Then I show him my report to establish and give evidence to the jury 478 00:31:58,860 --> 00:32:01,140 of existence of contradictory opinions. 479 00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:07,700 Finally, I try to establish his bias or predisposition to undermine his 480 00:32:07,700 --> 00:32:09,180 credibility with the jury. 481 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,640 And if none of this succeeds in discrediting the witness? 482 00:32:11,860 --> 00:32:13,380 I have a nice rap number. 483 00:32:14,140 --> 00:32:15,960 A rap number? 484 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:24,400 Your Honor, under the agreement, if any partner leaves, the firm is deemed to be 485 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,920 dissolved. Here we have two partners who have left. Why are you here, ex parte, 486 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,580 counsel? Why couldn't you have given your other partners notice? 487 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,460 I had no guarantee that they wouldn't liquidate their assets, Your Honor, in 488 00:32:34,460 --> 00:32:38,100 which case... Your Honor, Jack Sellers appearing for Mackenzie Brackman 489 00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:39,340 Mr. Cusack's motion. 490 00:32:39,790 --> 00:32:43,350 Let me go on record first by stating our position that Mr. Cusack has breached 491 00:32:43,350 --> 00:32:47,950 his fiduciary obligation owed to this firm. They fired me. Suspended, not 492 00:32:48,030 --> 00:32:52,330 Second, his suggestion that this firm has intent to liquidate is a lie for 493 00:32:52,330 --> 00:32:55,250 he should be sanctioned. I'm not saying they would willingly liquidate. I'm 494 00:32:55,250 --> 00:32:59,130 saying they would... The doors will stay open. This firm is viable and can 495 00:32:59,130 --> 00:33:03,050 easily withstand this man's backstabbing, gutless sabotage. Not so. 496 00:33:03,050 --> 00:33:06,450 that. Your Honor, he's seeking dissolution only because that would 497 00:33:06,450 --> 00:33:08,090 solicit Mackenzie Brackman clients. 498 00:33:08,330 --> 00:33:11,360 The litigation... This department is practically wiped out. Ann Kelsey's a 499 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,300 litigator. Tommy Mullaney's a litigator. 500 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,740 Stuart Markowitz has litigation experience, as does C .J. Lamb. 501 00:33:17,060 --> 00:33:18,900 And then, of course, there's me. 502 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:23,400 You? Yes, Your Honor. As of this morning, I've signed on with Mackenzie 503 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,620 for a two -month period, during which time I will perform the duties as head 504 00:33:26,620 --> 00:33:30,680 litigation and assure that clients' needs are met. And I'm much better than 505 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,740 guy, Your Honor. All right. Objection, with all due respect to this man's 506 00:33:33,740 --> 00:33:37,080 arrogance. This isn't about my arrogance, Cusack. It's about your 507 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,940 Your criminal attempts to undermine... All right, both of you, both of you, be 508 00:33:39,940 --> 00:33:40,940 quiet. 509 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,560 Mr. Cusack, I want your stated reasons why you think this firm should go into 510 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:47,420 receivership. Because I don't trust them. 511 00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:50,420 An independent receiver... Oh, listen to you, the model of trust. Both of you, 512 00:33:50,420 --> 00:33:51,420 be quiet. 513 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,020 Ten o 'clock tomorrow, we'll conduct an evidentiary hearing. 514 00:33:54,420 --> 00:33:56,860 Mr. Cusack, you can take the stand and give your reasons. 515 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:58,780 Mr. Fowler, you can cross -examine. 516 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:00,040 Oh, boy. 517 00:34:00,220 --> 00:34:01,220 See you all tomorrow. 518 00:34:04,890 --> 00:34:06,090 Hi, Grace. Good to see you. 519 00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:07,310 You look great. 520 00:34:09,449 --> 00:34:10,550 I don't feel great. 521 00:34:15,350 --> 00:34:19,150 This is not the way I wanted to do this. We told you, Michael. We didn't want to 522 00:34:19,150 --> 00:34:22,870 do anything that betrayed us. I told you this was going to be a war and you were 523 00:34:22,870 --> 00:34:28,070 going to have to let me fight. I didn't know they were going to slap an 524 00:34:28,070 --> 00:34:31,270 injunction on us. Look, I know you guys don't want to be heavies. I appreciate 525 00:34:31,270 --> 00:34:33,969 that. But somebody's got to be. We're going to get pasted here. 526 00:34:34,570 --> 00:34:36,110 So just let it be me. 527 00:34:43,889 --> 00:34:45,590 It's over, isn't it? We've lost. 528 00:34:45,889 --> 00:34:49,570 Well, not yet. The doctor's testimony went a long way for us. Don't forget 529 00:34:49,750 --> 00:34:51,150 How could you admit those things? 530 00:34:51,370 --> 00:34:55,889 How could you renounce the church like that? I didn't renounce the church. I 531 00:34:55,889 --> 00:34:59,990 just... That I had doubts, that's all. Doubts are enough, Karen. You should 532 00:34:59,990 --> 00:35:00,888 that by now. 533 00:35:00,890 --> 00:35:05,450 My doubts? Is that it, Greg? I didn't say that. My lack of trust is what 534 00:35:05,450 --> 00:35:09,650 Kevin. Distrust and... I didn't say that. But you think it! Karen, you don't 535 00:35:09,650 --> 00:35:11,750 know what I... I can't do this anymore, Greg. 536 00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:17,750 I can't. I can't go on hating myself, being blamed by you. I can't. I don't 537 00:35:17,750 --> 00:35:19,130 blame you, Karen. 538 00:35:20,450 --> 00:35:21,710 I blame myself. 539 00:35:23,470 --> 00:35:25,150 When you grabbed him and... 540 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:31,980 Took him to the hospital. I... I was relieved. I was... 541 00:35:31,980 --> 00:35:34,260 I was glad. 542 00:35:39,860 --> 00:35:42,980 Why didn't we take him to a doctor? 543 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:44,360 Please, honey. 544 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,260 He would be alive. 545 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,860 Why didn't we take him to... 546 00:35:56,650 --> 00:36:02,490 More and more, doctors admit every day the connection between the spirit and 547 00:36:02,490 --> 00:36:04,010 body, it's something. 548 00:36:04,430 --> 00:36:09,690 Now, the Christian scientists have believed this for years. This isn't a 549 00:36:09,690 --> 00:36:13,990 voodoo religion, ladies and gentlemen. We're talking about a church that is 550 00:36:13,990 --> 00:36:20,810 established in 37 countries with almost 2 ,000 functioning congregations 551 00:36:20,810 --> 00:36:21,930 in this nation alone. 552 00:36:22,270 --> 00:36:25,270 The Christian science religion is very real. 553 00:36:25,670 --> 00:36:28,250 And it is very much on trial here today. 554 00:36:29,850 --> 00:36:35,490 Now, the prosecution wants you to convict because he says this religion is 555 00:36:35,490 --> 00:36:36,490 unreasonable. 556 00:36:38,070 --> 00:36:39,350 Oh, boy. 557 00:36:39,690 --> 00:36:42,870 Does anybody here know of a religion that's reasonable? 558 00:36:43,170 --> 00:36:45,290 I mean, the whole thing about faith. 559 00:36:45,530 --> 00:36:48,230 It starts up where reason leaves off. 560 00:36:49,410 --> 00:36:52,030 Now, when little Kevin got sick... 561 00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,440 They did not sit by and do nothing. 562 00:36:56,180 --> 00:37:03,120 They simply refused Western medicine and resorted to their own form of healing, 563 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:09,260 prayer. They called the practitioner to their house. They were active. They were 564 00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:14,060 reactive. They wanted this little boy to live, and every one of us knows that. 565 00:37:15,580 --> 00:37:16,680 It didn't work. 566 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:19,420 They lost their child. 567 00:37:22,220 --> 00:37:24,300 It's a tragedy, of course. 568 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:30,240 But they are not criminals, ladies and gentlemen. 569 00:37:30,580 --> 00:37:31,920 You know that. 570 00:37:39,580 --> 00:37:46,400 The only question you have to ask yourselves, was it reasonable for them 571 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:51,240 do what they did? To exalt their own religious beliefs at the expense? 572 00:37:51,950 --> 00:37:53,410 of an innocent child. 573 00:37:54,510 --> 00:38:00,890 Both these defendants are college -educated people. They know full well 574 00:38:00,890 --> 00:38:04,950 taken Kevin to the hospital when he first got sick, he'd be alive. 575 00:38:05,490 --> 00:38:10,810 By her own testimony, Karen Morrison says she had doubts that prayer would 576 00:38:11,350 --> 00:38:16,350 She even argued those doubts, and she still, she still didn't take her child 577 00:38:16,350 --> 00:38:19,330 treatment until it was too late. 578 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:26,960 How can she stand here and say that her religious beliefs are reasonable when 579 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:31,420 deep down she didn't entertain those beliefs at all? 580 00:38:36,580 --> 00:38:42,140 A little boy got sick with a very curable disease. 581 00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:48,780 It progressed to be life -threatening, and they let him die. 582 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:56,640 How can anyone, human or divine, ever forgive that? 583 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,640 Management is no longer capable of operating the firm's affairs. 584 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,260 A receiver must be appointed to protect its assets. 585 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:10,940 Miss Van Owen and I have over $200 ,000 of capital in the firm. Naturally, we 586 00:39:10,940 --> 00:39:12,160 want to see that capital preserved. 587 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,300 And why is this firm in so much danger? 588 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,860 Well, first off, the cash crisis. The bank has just called in its line of 589 00:39:17,860 --> 00:39:18,860 credit. 590 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:22,640 Also, there are several major clients, such as Ricky Davis, Jefferson 591 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:27,180 Properties, and Miles and Associates, who are refusing to pay their bill. And 592 00:39:27,180 --> 00:39:30,900 there are other clients, such as Dallas Smith, Fred Stanfield, and Donald 593 00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:33,260 Margot, who are all threatening to leave. 594 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:37,480 What else, Mr. Cousin? The litigation department has been decimated, and 70 % 595 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:39,400 the current caseload is in that department. 596 00:39:39,740 --> 00:39:41,580 Well, they still have seven lawyers left. 597 00:39:41,820 --> 00:39:44,340 This law firm is in total chaos, Your Honor. 598 00:39:44,910 --> 00:39:48,670 The senior partner is handing over his authority to the managing partner while 599 00:39:48,670 --> 00:39:50,370 claiming to still be in charge. 600 00:39:50,670 --> 00:39:56,090 Then you have C .J. Lamb, an associate who is getting 40 % of her business. 601 00:39:56,110 --> 00:40:00,070 that's like having a one -person firm functioning within the firm. Have you 602 00:40:00,070 --> 00:40:03,470 heard of anything like this? They claim that deal is beneficial to the firm. 603 00:40:03,850 --> 00:40:06,050 It's like putting Band -Aids on bullet wounds. 604 00:40:06,370 --> 00:40:10,450 And the head divorce lawyer has just had a psychiatric breakdown. He's 605 00:40:10,450 --> 00:40:11,450 undergoing therapy. 606 00:40:11,550 --> 00:40:14,790 There are security guards running all over the building. The place is a mess. 607 00:40:15,090 --> 00:40:19,750 Your Honor, the court has got to appoint an independent receiver to take control 608 00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:22,610 here. Thank you very much, Mr. Kruzek. Nothing further, Your Honor? 609 00:40:24,310 --> 00:40:26,030 Well, well, well, the firm is a mess. 610 00:40:28,319 --> 00:40:31,720 Isn't it true, Mr. Cusack, that the reason Brentwood Federal called in its 611 00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:34,540 is because you went to this bank and told them they better do that? I had 612 00:40:34,540 --> 00:40:38,200 certain concerns about the firm's solvency. I was very candid with the 613 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,020 went before a court. You got a real estate attachment dissolved, which 614 00:40:41,020 --> 00:40:42,060 attachment was critical. 615 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,220 to the McKenzie -Brackman line of credit, then you went to the bank. Isn't 616 00:40:46,220 --> 00:40:50,820 right, Mr. Cusack? Right. You also represented in a court of law that a 617 00:40:50,820 --> 00:40:56,200 legal work performed by you for one Earl Williams should be reduced from $400 618 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,280 ,000 to $20 ,000? I did the work. I determined its value. 619 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:01,200 It was a major murder trial. 620 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,660 You exhausted every appeal all the way to the California Supreme Court for $20 621 00:41:04,660 --> 00:41:06,100 ,000? What were you charging? 622 00:41:06,510 --> 00:41:09,070 Nickel and Allen? Well, it was my case. I was the billing attorney. 623 00:41:09,290 --> 00:41:12,850 You lied about the value of your work in order to make Mackenzie Brackman lose 624 00:41:12,850 --> 00:41:13,850 its line of credit. 625 00:41:14,130 --> 00:41:18,710 Objection. Overruled. And now these clients who are supposedly refusing to 626 00:41:18,790 --> 00:41:22,890 have you talked to any of these clients, Mr. Cusack? I didn't solicit them. They 627 00:41:22,890 --> 00:41:23,910 called me. I'll bet. 628 00:41:24,830 --> 00:41:27,490 You'd never try anything underhanded, would you, Mr. Cusack? 629 00:41:28,130 --> 00:41:31,250 Objection. Sustained. Your Honor, this man's already been suspended by the 630 00:41:31,250 --> 00:41:32,250 bar once. 631 00:41:32,270 --> 00:41:35,150 Objection. He's been held in contempt more times than I can count. He's 632 00:41:35,150 --> 00:41:36,670 devoid of any ethical responsibility. 633 00:41:36,990 --> 00:41:37,968 Mr. Sellers. 634 00:41:37,970 --> 00:41:38,970 Objection. Withdrawn. 635 00:41:40,810 --> 00:41:44,690 Will you identify this for me, Mr. Cusack? It's a piece of stationery. 636 00:41:46,220 --> 00:41:49,620 Cusack, Van Owen, and Cifuentes, a partnership at law. 637 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,240 Grace Van Owen and Victor Cifuentes left Mackenzie Brackman Tuesday, and here 638 00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:55,460 you are with new stationery for another firm already? 639 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,060 How can you not be guilty of tampering? Move to strike. You better watch it, 640 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,620 Jack. Careful, Mike. I'm facing you. Let me put my back to you. 641 00:42:03,020 --> 00:42:05,500 Here, go on. Get me now. Mr. Sauter, that's enough. 642 00:42:06,110 --> 00:42:08,530 Your Honor, I'm only just beginning. I said I've heard enough. 643 00:42:09,050 --> 00:42:12,530 I want a list of both sides' prospective candidates for receivers. 644 00:42:12,770 --> 00:42:16,170 If I decide to go that route, I'll make my decision by 2 o 'clock. 645 00:42:17,090 --> 00:42:18,370 Until then, take it outside. 646 00:42:21,410 --> 00:42:22,550 Oh, God. 647 00:42:24,210 --> 00:42:26,930 Oh, well, uh, keep me informed, won't you, Abby, eh? 648 00:42:28,130 --> 00:42:30,050 Yeah. All right, love. 649 00:42:30,470 --> 00:42:32,970 Just take care of yourself and don't worry so much. 650 00:42:33,530 --> 00:42:34,530 Bye. 651 00:42:35,660 --> 00:42:39,140 The entire firm is under siege and they're all in court today. Oh, God. 652 00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:41,140 Well, well, well. 653 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,140 Miss Lambraski now speaks with a British accent. 654 00:42:46,260 --> 00:42:50,700 I know who you are, Miss Lam. I saw the hotel register and I did some checking. 655 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,620 Tom, I'm sorry. You don't understand. 656 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:54,360 I'm very pleased. 657 00:42:54,740 --> 00:42:55,800 I beg your pardon? 658 00:42:56,060 --> 00:43:00,040 Your 30 students, every one of them, have already re -enrolled for next 659 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,000 workshop. You've got to be kidding. 660 00:43:02,260 --> 00:43:03,540 Oh, you've hit on something. 661 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:05,000 Rambo litigators. 662 00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,300 Poolside classes. We can sell it as kind of a vacation package. 663 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,500 But, uh, we need you. 664 00:43:12,340 --> 00:43:14,060 We would be paid more money, of course. 665 00:43:15,420 --> 00:43:16,420 It's negotiable. 666 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,680 Yes, well, before we even consider it, I think we need a little R andR. 667 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:25,520 So, the sun is out, drinks are in hand, but you're still sitting there making 668 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:26,520 shadows. 669 00:43:27,500 --> 00:43:29,220 Enjoy your day. And let me know. 670 00:43:31,530 --> 00:43:33,290 You said you'd never take me on another trip. 671 00:43:33,530 --> 00:43:34,530 Huh. 672 00:43:34,810 --> 00:43:38,470 Considering all the evidence, plus a little information from independent fact 673 00:43:38,470 --> 00:43:44,370 -finding, I find that most of the chaos at this firm was in fact created by 674 00:43:44,370 --> 00:43:45,370 Michael Cusack. 675 00:43:45,530 --> 00:43:49,810 Going to the bank, going to court, willfully misrepresenting the value of 676 00:43:49,810 --> 00:43:54,330 legal services, tampering with lawyers. I know now why you win most of your 677 00:43:54,330 --> 00:43:56,730 trials. And it's for life on the home front. 678 00:43:56,970 --> 00:43:59,410 The musical chair stuff with a senior partnership. 679 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:03,340 The loss of all your litigators as private profit -sharing deals. 680 00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:05,500 It is a mess. 681 00:44:06,300 --> 00:44:10,120 I don't know whether the place should be put into receivership. The only way I 682 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:14,740 can know is to appoint a temporary receiver for ten days and let him make 683 00:44:14,740 --> 00:44:15,740 determination. 684 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:21,880 I've gone over the two lists of independent lawyers and businessmen 685 00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,220 you both as prospective receivers. 686 00:44:26,340 --> 00:44:27,440 But I'll tell you. 687 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,140 I've decided to go with my own man. 688 00:44:30,340 --> 00:44:35,420 Now, this person, unfortunately, has a past relationship with your firm. He is, 689 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:40,740 however, in possession of the best business sense that I have ever 690 00:44:41,060 --> 00:44:46,200 And I don't think his past association will pose any insurmountable conflicts. 691 00:44:46,620 --> 00:44:47,620 Bring him in, please. 692 00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:52,400 Now, you're going to give him an office, and you're going to give him access to 693 00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:56,660 every letter, every file, every bill, every computer disk in your firm. 694 00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,640 And I present to you your new leader, Mr. 695 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:01,840 David Meyer. 696 00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,200 I don't think this is wise, Your Honor. It's very wise. 697 00:45:09,740 --> 00:45:14,660 I trust him. For the next ten days, this man will run McKenzie, Brackman, 698 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,520 Cheney, Cusack, and Becker. That's all. 699 00:45:18,220 --> 00:45:19,220 We're adjourned. 700 00:45:19,900 --> 00:45:22,180 People, people, people. 701 00:45:33,890 --> 00:45:37,990 Madam foreperson, has the jury reached a verdict? We have. What say you? In the 702 00:45:37,990 --> 00:45:41,390 matter of the people versus Gregory Morrison on the charge of involuntary 703 00:45:41,390 --> 00:45:44,510 manslaughter, we find the defendant not guilty. 704 00:45:45,990 --> 00:45:49,750 In the matter of the people versus Karen Morrison on the charge of involuntary 705 00:45:49,750 --> 00:45:52,670 manslaughter, we find the defendant guilty. 706 00:45:53,110 --> 00:45:54,150 Oh, my God. 707 00:45:56,630 --> 00:46:00,430 Your Honor, move to poll the jury on Karen Morrison's verdict. 708 00:46:00,990 --> 00:46:01,990 Members of the jury. 709 00:46:02,460 --> 00:46:05,280 When the clerk calls your name, please state your own finding. 710 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:07,880 Adelstein. 711 00:46:09,820 --> 00:46:11,560 Guilty. Cameron. 712 00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:15,460 Guilty. Feldman. 713 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:16,880 Guilty. 714 00:46:17,420 --> 00:46:19,060 Massey. Guilty. 715 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:20,560 Miller. 716 00:46:21,060 --> 00:46:22,620 Guilty. Plin. 717 00:46:23,340 --> 00:46:24,340 Guilty. 718 00:46:24,820 --> 00:46:25,820 Norvette. 719 00:46:26,180 --> 00:46:27,180 Guilty.