:03:00
Now, obviously,
any decent human being
:03:03
would want to believe
Mr. Matthews...
:03:06
believe that he told the
admitting nurse, Mrs. Valdez
:03:10
that he was diabetic.
:03:12
It would seem... poetic
that someone else was to blame.
:03:16
It would feel right.
:03:18
But it wouldn't be fair.
:03:22
Let's-let's think for a second.
:03:23
Who's being blamed here?
:03:25
It's not some, some big bad
hospital corporation.
:03:29
We're talking
about human beings.
:03:32
Four doctors, five nurses,
:03:34
the hospital chief of staff
present at the time.
:03:37
All of them there
for no other purpose
:03:40
than to try and save
Jonathan Matthews' life.
:03:44
Now, this is painful,
and I don't like doing this,
:03:47
but if we're all going to do
our jobs,
:03:49
I've got to bring this up again.
:03:51
Mr. Matthews is an alcoholic.
:03:53
In July of 1979,
he tried to commit suicide.
:03:57
And, you know, even I was
surprised to learn
:03:59
from the plaintiff's
own doctors, ironically,
:04:03
that this tragedy
could have been caused
:04:06
by the abuse of alcohol.
:04:09
So here's my point:
:04:12
We all understand why
:04:14
Mr. Matthews is blaming
the hospital...
:04:18
but nobody could have prevented
Mr. Mathews' suffering
:04:23
except Mr. Matthews.
:04:30
Listen to me.
:04:32
Listen to me.
:04:33
The table you delivered is
not the table I ordered.
:04:37
I'm-I'm having a party
on Friday,
:04:39
and the table sitting
in my dining room
:04:41
looks like a goddamned turtle.
:04:56
We find for the defendant
on all counts.