:21:01
- Really?
- Yes. What they're saying
:21:03
is that they know law and I don't,
they're real lawyers and I'm not.
:21:08
They're just trying to humiliate me.
:21:10
You are a personal injury lawyer,
aren't you? I think you'll survive.
:21:16
- See? It's starting already.
- No, you've started already.
:21:20
I'm on the defensive,
they're the defendants.
:21:22
Do you think
I might hear this motion
:21:25
before You explain to ME
what it's really about?
:21:30
- Of course.
- Thank you.
:21:34
Now, Mr...Cheeseman, is it?
:21:43
Your motion to dismiss
is based on?
:21:45
Rule 1 1 , Your Honour.
:21:47
Specifically that Mr Schlichtmann had
no evidential grounds
:21:51
on which to bring this suit -
:21:53
only his knowledge that W.R. Grace
Corporation has a lot of money.
:21:58
Not true.
:22:00
He performed no real investigation,
did no research of any consequence,
:22:04
except perhaps
to review profit statements.
:22:07
And he's prepared his complaint
so inexpertly as to render it moot.
:22:11
- All untrue.
- Do you know what Rule 1 1 is?
:22:15
To be honest, Your Honour,
I had to look it up.
:22:19
I'll be honest, so did l.
Do you know why, Mr Cheeseman?
:22:25
Because it is so old and ambiguous
:22:27
few lawyers
waste their time with it, or mine.
:22:31
It's a non-issue, Mr Cheeseman.
Your motion is denied. Thank you.
:22:35
Thank you.
:22:37
- Anything else?
- No, Your Honour.
:22:40
Set a trial date.
:22:42
Excuse me, Mr Facher.
I'd like to thank you.
:22:45
That was very statesman-like of you
not to join that ridiculous attack.
:22:52
You're welcome.
:22:57
We have to show how
:22:59
the toxic solvents these factories
dumped on the land there,