:07:00
I'd like to introduce
these hospital records as exhibit A.
:07:03
Mr Crowell, what was the extent
of your injuries due to your fall?
:07:07
My back was hurt real bad.
:07:09
Objection. The plaintiff is not competent
to give medical testimony.
:07:13
Sustained.
:07:17
(Attorney) I will introduce exhibit B,
a doctor's report on the plaintiffs condition
:07:22
showing damage to the lumbar region
of the spine, with nerve damage,
:07:26
resulting in partial paralysis
to the left side of his body.
:07:30
- Did you find out anything?
- No one's seen or heard from him.
:07:34
- Did you check the hospitals?
- Not a thing.
:07:37
- What about the police?
- Zero. Shall we...?
:07:40
Let me think about it.
:07:42
Objection. Irrelevant and immaterial.
:07:44
Sustained. The answer may go out.
:07:47
- Shall we put out a missing persons report?
- I'll do it after lunch.
:07:51
- How goes it here?
- This middle-class jury
:07:54
dislike the insurance company almost
as much as they do working-class people.
:08:02
Mr Crowell, you are a punch press
operator. Is that correct?
:08:06
- Yes.
- Have you been on welfare before?
:08:08
Objection.
:08:10
Sustained.
:08:12
That night that you fell down the stairs
in the defendant's apartment house,
:08:16
- where had you been beforehand?
- A café across the street.
:08:20
In point of fact, Mr Crowell,
:08:22
according to the bartender there,
you had at least three drinks
:08:26
and no dinner before you left the café
and returned to the apartment.
:08:30
Not being able to see the steps properly,
you fell.
:08:33
Objection, your honour. Counsel is testifying
:08:35
and assuming facts not in evidence.
:08:38
The plaintiff alleges the stairs were badly lit.
:08:40
Although the plaintiff may well have been.
:08:43
- Objection.
- Sustained.
:08:50
- (Gavel thuds)
- Court will be recessed until one o'clock.
:08:58
I've convinced my client
to discuss a settlement.