IP: For amusement of lawyers

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

I removed attribution since I dont know for sure it is true but it came via
a reliable path but what the... enjoy


Dave




> Subject: The Success of Court TV Explained, Part 1
>
> From the Massachusetts State Bar Association Journal, a colloquy actually
> recorded during a trial...
>
> Q: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?"
> A: "No."
> Q: "Did you check for blood pressure?"
> A: "No."
> Q: "Did you check for breathing?"
> A: "No."
> Q: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the
> autopsy?"
> A: "No."
> Q: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"
> A: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."
> Q: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"
> A: "It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law
> somewhere."