{"id":11698,"date":"2012-12-20T12:06:56","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T17:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=11698"},"modified":"2012-12-20T12:06:56","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T17:06:56","slug":"lawyer-interrogating-an-expert-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=11698","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer interrogating an expert witness?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, maybe. (Definitely hilarious, though.)<\/p>\n

This was actually said in court and taken from a transcript:<\/p>\n

Lawyer: <\/b>“Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?”
\nWitness: <\/b>“No.”
\nLawyer: <\/b>“Did you check for blood pressure?”
\nWitness:<\/b> “No.”
\nLawyer:<\/b> “Did you check for breathing?”
\nWitness:<\/b> “No.”
\nLawyer:<\/b> “So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?”
\nWitness:<\/b> “No.”
\nLawyer:<\/b> “How can you be so sure, Doctor?”
\nWitness:<\/b> “Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.”
\nLawyer: <\/b>“But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?”
\nWitness:<\/b> “Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, maybe. (Definitely hilarious, though.) This was actually said in court and taken from a transcript: Lawyer: “Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?” Witness: “No.” Lawyer: “Did you check for blood pressure?” Witness: “No.” … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t