"Ahh." "Mrs. D., this is Frank Galvin." "He's a good friend of ours and a very fine attorney." "Well, it's just a shame what happened to your husband, Mrs. D." "I knew him vaguely at the lodge." "He was a wonderful man." "Um... it was a crime what happened to him,just a crime." "If I can help, uh... in any way... don't hesitate to call." "Well... is this going to help in any way?" "What is that?" "Oh, uh, it's my card." "Who the hell is that?" "I was a friend of your father's." "You never knew my father." "Get out of here." "Who the hell do you think you are?" "Excuse me, Mrs. Cleary." "Who the hell do you think you are?" "Hey, you know me." "I don't want you coming back here ever." "You understand?" "I was just talking to the guy." "Those are bereaved people in there." "So Pat says, "They got this new bar." "So Pat says, "They got this new bar." ""You go inside, and for half a buck, you get a beer, lunch, and they get you laid. "" "Another one, Frankie?" "Yeah, everyone." "Mike says, "Now, wait a minute." ""For half a buck, they give you a beer, lunch, and they get you laid?"" "Pat says, "That's correct. "" "He said, "You've been there?"" "He said, "No, but me sister has. "" "Hey." "Oh, yeah." "Everyone." "Frankie?" "Frankie." "Frankie, you all right?" "Oh, no." "Oh, Frankie." "Come on, get up." "Get up, Frank." "Oh, Christ." "What the hell's going on here?" "What have you been doing?" "I got a call from Sally Doneghy." "Who's that?" "You're supposed to be in court in 10 days." "You haven't even met with them." "Sally Doneghy." "Who is that?" "One lousy letter in 18 months." "I try to throw a case your way, and look at you." "Frankie, I got these people to trust you." "They'll be here at noon." "Look- look at this shit." "I got this expert doctor to talk to you." "Remember his name?" "Dr. Gruber?" "I've been doing all the fucking legwork." "You'll be in court in less than two weeks, and you haven't looked at the goddamn file." "What are you, my nanny?" "Now, listen to me, Frankie." "Listen to me because I'm done fucking with you." "I can't take this anymore." "You're never going to change." "Look around you." "What's going to change?" "Will it be any different next week, next month?" "It will be the same goddamn thing." "I got you a good case." "It's a moneymaker." "You do it right, it'll take care of you." "But I'm through, you understand?" "I mean, I can't take this shit anymore." "Life's too fucking short, Frankie." "I'm getting too fucking old." "Fuck." "Excuse me, sir." "Oh, you" "Miss Doneghy, hi." "Frank Galvin." "Why didn't you go in?" "It's locked." "Locked?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "God, I hope this didn't put you out." "Let me see here." "Come on in." "I'd get you some coffee, but my girl went out." "It's not a good case." "It's a very good case." "A healthy woman enters a hospital to deliver a child." "Well, it's just beyond comprehension she's given the wrong anesthetic." "We love her- Kevin and me." "I'm sure you do." "She don't know who's visiting her." "Mm-hmm." "I know." "I went." "You saw her?" "Oh, yes." "My sister, you know how beautiful she was?" "Her, uh, husband left her, and he took her kids." "They, uh..." "They let you die in there." "They don't care." "Nobody cares." "The patriot home, they'd take her in." "Perpetual care." "$50,000 they want in endowment." "50,000." "I don't want to leave her." "Kevin, he, uh... and Father Loughlin said it was God's will." "Oh, I understand." "My doctor said I got to move out West." "That's when we filed in court." "We didn't want to sue." "I understand that, too." "But Kevin wants two years in Tucson." "They called and said to come out." "He's trying to do what's right." "Come on in." "This is my husband." "Come sit down." "I apologized to your wife for meeting out here, but I got this case coming up." "That's all right." "You got a very good case here." "He saw her." "I may get some corroborating testimony from Dr. Gruber." "The problem's getting one doctor to testify about another's negligence." "The Archdiocese called." "They said the case is coming to trial." "Well, I doubt very much that will happen." "We didn't want this to happen." "I completely understand." "We just" "This is our chance to get away." "I'll see that you get that chance." "How much will this cost?" "It won't cost you anything." "It's done on a contingency basis." "Whatever the settlement is," "I retain a third." "But that's normal procedure." "Okay?" "Okay." "His name is Frank Galvin." "Boston College, class of'52." "Second in his class." "Editor of the Law Review." "Worked with Mickey Morrissey, criminal law and personal injury." "Married Patricia Harrington, 1960." "Joined Stearns, Harrington, Pierce, 1960, as a full partner." "Resigned the firm, 1969, over the Littlebridge case." "He was accused of jury tampering." "Not indicted." "He resigned the firm." "Divorced, 1970." "Galvin worked with Morrissey until Morrissey retired in '78." "Since then, he's lost his only four cases." "He drinks." "Four cases in three years." "He's an ambulance chaser." "Explain this case." "He's asking 600,000 and betting we won't go to court." "We don't want this in court." "Neither does he." "He's scared of court." "We'll call his bluff." "I want this settled." "I don't want the Archdiocese exposed." "No." "Absolutely." "We'll see that it's not." "I want to stop it here." "I'll make him an offer." "Let's keep the price down." "Ed Concannon recommends responding like we're going to trial." "If we went to trial, would we win?" "Of course it's always dangerous." "I know that answer." "Would we win?" "Yes." "Dr. Gruber?" "Yes." "Galvin, right?" "Well..." "I sure appreciate this." "I'm kind of rushed." "Can we walk while we talk?" "I read your client's hospital report." "Deborah Anne Kaye." "Yeah." "They called." "They want to settle." "Right." "Who called?" "The Archdiocese wants to settle." "You'll do that?" "Yeah." "You're settling out of court?" "Yeah." "Why?" "In the interest of her family and you." "Juries are unpredictable." "St. Catherine's is renowned." "Her doctors are" "Her doctors killed her." "Sorry?" "They gave her the wrong anesthetic, and she wound up drowning in her own vomit." "The doctors murdered her." "You know them?" "Yeah." "I read the file." "Marx and Towler." "Those are two of the most respected doctors" "Whose side are you arguing?" "I'm not interested in the woman's estate." "We all know where the money's going." "I don't want those bozos working in my profession." "They killed her and her kid, and you caught them." "You want a cigar?" "No, thank you." "The Archdiocese owns the hospital." "What will they do, not invite me to their birthday party?" "I'm sorry I'm rushing." "I need to get a deposition." "We'll meet here Tuesday night." "Are you going my way?" "You'll have to stay under wraps." "You can't discuss the case." "I understand." "We'll meet Tuesday." "All right." "We'll go over your testimony." "7:00 in the locker rooms." " I got it." " Thank you." " Thank you." " My pleasure." " Why are you doing this?" " To do the right thing." "Isn't that why you're doing it?" "Whoo-ha!" "Oh, sorry." "Nobody's stood here since 1952." "Give me a Bushmill." "A Bushmill." "Who are the civilians?" "Lousy weather good for business." "There you go." "Would you like a drink?" "I'd like an apartment." "Would you settle for a drink?" "No, thank you." "I had a good day today." "Let me at them." "Oh, boy." "Gentlemen." "To you, to you." "Cut myself so badly shaving today, my eyes almost cleared up." "Bad, bad." "Drink that." "Johnstown joke." "What do you think?" "You going all the way?" "I'm glad you had a good day." "Good night." "Thank you." "Well, well, well, well, well, hey." "Long road that has no turning." "That's for sure, Frankie." "Yeah." "I'm going to the Archdiocese tomorrow... at 2:00." "Yes, I know you don't." "You're just following your own life." "You have a life to live, too, you know." "You have to go out west." "You can't-not going to do yourself good here." "Well..." "I'm sure she knows that you care for her." "Well" "How can we?" "She's so unprotected." "Ohh" "Finally, we're none of us protected." "I mean, we just..." "have to go on, seek help where we can." "Maybe she knows when we're there." "Will she think we've abandoned her?" "Yes, I know that you love her, and, uh..." "I know that you're acting out of love." "This job in Tucson" "Would you let us know?" "Uh-huh." "As soon as I know." "My husband sends his respects." "Well, you give him my respects, too." "Sorry I called so late." "Not at all." "No." "Not at all." "Uh-huh." "Well... uh, good night." "Good night and God bless you." "Well, bless you, too." "Good night." ""Ginny," I said," ""you don't go in your apartment if there's nothing there. "" "What did he say?" "Sir, you're not allowed to be here." "You can't be in here." "I'm her attorney." "It's a question of continuing values." "St. Catherine's, to benefit the community, must maintain the position she holds in the community." "So... we have a question of balance." "On the one hand, our hospital, its reputation, its effectiveness, and that of two important doctors." "And on the other hand, the rights of your client." "Ayoung woman in her prime, deprived of her life, her family." "It's tragic, a tragic accident." "Nothing, of course, can begin to make that right." "But we must do what we can." "We must do all that we can." "Yes, we must try to make it right." "It's a generous offer, Mr. Galvin." "Nothing can begin to make her well, but we could at least try to compensate, make a gesture." "How did you settle on the amount?" "We thought it was just." "You thought it was just." "Yes." "Because it struck me, um..." "How neatly... three went into this figure- 210,000." "It means I would keep 70." "That was our, uh, insurance company's recommendation." "Yes." "That would be." "Nothing we can do can make that woman well." "And no one will know the truth." "What is the truth?" "That poor girl put her trust into the... into the hands of two men who took her life." "She's in a coma." "Her life is gone." "She has no home, no family." "She's tied to a machine." "She has no friends." "And the people who should care for her" "Her doctors... and you and me... have been bought off to look the other way." "We've been paid to look the other way." "I came here to take your money." "I brought snapshots to show you so I could get your money." "I can't do it." "I can't take it." "Because if I take the money, I'm lost." "I'll just be a... rich... ambulance chaser." "I can't do it." "I can't take it." "We may discuss money, Mr. Galvin." "How's your law practice?" "Not too good." "I only got the one client." "Mick." "I got to talk to you." "Mickey, come on." "Hey." "Let's go get a drink." "Jaime, sit in for me, will you?" "Are you out of your mind?" "I need your help." "You need my help?" "You need a goddamn keeper." "Are you telling me you turned down 210 grand?" "What are you, nuts?" "What will you do?" "Help her." "To do what?" "To do what, for Christ's sakes?" "Help her do what?" "She's dead." "They killed her." "They're trying to buy it." "That's the fucking point, dummy." "Let them buy it!" "Let them." "That's why I took it." "Look." "Just drop this, understand?" "We'll go up to New Hampshire." "Mick." "Oh, Mick, Mick." "You said- no, listen." "You said, "If not now, when?"" "But not now, all right?" "I can win this case." "You won, Frank." "You won." "When they give you the money, you won." "We don't want to go to court, understand?" "Do you know Ed Concannon is the Archdiocese's attorney?" "He's a good man." "A good man?" "He's the prince of fucking darkness." "He'll have testimony she was water-skiing in Marblehead last summer." "Don't fuck with this case, huh?" "I'm standing up for her." "I understand what you're going through." "You're trying to wipe out old business, but not now." "Call the bishop." "I'm trying this case, Mick." "Mick, will you help me?" "Anybody ever hear," ""For want of a shoe, a horse was lost"?" "Who's going on vacation tomorrow?" "Friedman?" "St. Bart's, is that right?" "Yes, sir." "Send Mrs. Friedman a dozen roses, please, Sal." "No." "Wait a minute." "Send her a sun lamp." "Friedman, I'm sorry, but there'll be no vacations until this is cleared." "You're all acquainted with this case." "It's been on the calendar for 18 months." "Ah, now I think we have a definite court date..." "February the 19th, mm-hmm." "The plaintiff's attorney is Francis P. Galvin." "You're familiar with his record." "We expected him to negotiate." "As he did not, five days before we go to court, we made him a generous offer, which he refused five days before trial." "What does that mean?" "I want to find out." "Acquaint yourselves again with the depositions." "Don't rely on the fact that we did it last year." "We'll review here." "You do it at home." "You'll each have a full file, so know the deps." "Be here to work with the defendants." "When, Billy?" "Wednesday evening." "I want an article as soon as possible in the Globe." ""St. Cat's, neighborhood giant serving the community," et cetera." "I want something in the Herald Monday morning." ""Our gallant doctors," huh?" "Be inventive, hmm?" "You got to have television." "Friedman, since you're still with us, why not have a word with your friend at GBH?" "Now, to belabor the obvious for a moment, our clients are the Archdiocese of Boston, the St. Catherine Labouree hospital, and doctors Marx and Towler, two of the most respected men in their profession." "The thrust of this defense will be to answer in the court, the press, and the public mind the accusation of negligence this completely, that not only do we win the case, but we win the case so that it is seen" "that this attack on these men and this institution was a rank obscenity." "Okay, let's get the cobwebs off." "Billy." "We'll start with reviewing the depositions of the operating room team, the nurse anesthetist, the scrub nurse, and all those in the O.R. during the operation." "So, what have we got?" "We got her sister." "Says that Deborah Anne ate an hour before being admitted to the hospital." "The admittance form says nine hours." "Sister's testimony is no good." "If we win, she gets the cash." "Dr. Gruber says she was given the wrong anesthetic." "She complained of nausea." "Gruber's not bad." "He's Dr. Kildare." "The jury will love him." "Yeah, but their guy is Towler." "He wrote the book" "Methodology and Practice in Anesthesiology." "Everybody in that operating room signed a deposition, from the scrub nurse on up." "All those guys are God." "They walk on water." "Did the obstetric nurse sign a deposition?" "Huh?" "No." "Maureen Rooney, 49." "Lives in Arlington." "Can you ask why she ain't speaking up?" "Yeah." "Okay, cases." "All right." "Smith vs. State of Michigan." "Right." "Rodesey vs. Electric Boat." "You got a good memory." "I had a good teacher." "McLean vs. uh, Urban Transport." "Right." "Jimmy, couple of Bushmills." "Ugh" "Do me a favor, I'll buy you a drink tomorrow." "What are you doing tonight?" "I found this new bar, see, and for half a buck, you can" "I'm going to get laid." "I'll be at the office." "Just don't leave your best work in the sheets, huh?" "These are on me, Frankie." "Did you find an apartment?" "Still looking." "I changed my life today." "What did you do?" "Changed my room at the hotel." "Why did you do that?" "TV didn't work." "What hotel are you staying at?" "What are you, a cop?" "No." "I'm a lawyer." "My ex-husband was a lawyer." "Nice." "Wonderful for you." "Mm-hmm." "Yes, it was, actually." "It was, actually?" "Well, how come you called it off?" "Who says I called it off?" "Well, a brick house says you divorced him." "100 bucks against you have dinner with me." "I'll take your word for it." "Come on." "Tell me the truth." "You can't lie to me." "What's your name?" "Laura." "Mine's Frank." "Furthermore, you came back to see me tonight." "What if it wasn't you I came back to see?" "Well, you got lucky." "Have you eaten yet?" "Uh-uh." "My God, you are some beautiful woman." "The weak." "The weak have got to have somone to fight for them." "Ain't that the truth?" "Want another drink?" "Yeah." " Jimmy." " Yeah." "The court doesn't exist to give them justice." "The court exists to give them a chance at justice." "Will they get it?" "They might." "See, the jury wants to believe." "I mean, the jury wants to believe." "It is something to see." "I go down tomorrow to pick 12." "All of them think it's rigged." "You can't fight City Hall." "But when they step into that jury box, you barely see it in their eyes." "Maybe." "Maybe what?" "Maybe I can do something right." "And is that what you're going to do?" "Is that what you're going to do?" "That's what I'm going to try to do." "Would you like a drink?" "Yeah." "Water?" "Soda?" "No." "That's all right." "Yah." "Yaha!" "Beat you, you" "Is that right?" "Yeah." "Oh, my God." "Met him at the club." "Poor guy." "You're late, Mr. Galvin." "I know." "I'm sorry." "Why is that?" "I got held up." "Ed Concannon." "Hi." "Frank Galvin." "We met before." "Well, here." "Let's do some business." "They tell me no bargain ever was completed other than quickly when both parties care to make a deal." "Have you tried to resolve your difficulties?" "Because that would save the Commonwealth a lot of time and bother." "It's a complicated case, Your Honor." "I'm sure it is." "Let me say something." "If we find it complex, how will a jury understand?" "See my point?" "Now, um, let's talk a minute." "Frank, what would you and your client take right now to walk out, let this damn thing drop?" "My client can't walk." "I know full well she can't, Frank." "You see the padre on your way out, he'll punch your ticket." "You follow me?" "I'm just trying to help you." "Your Honor, Bishop Brophy and the Archdiocese have offered the plaintiff $210,000." "What?" "My doctors didn't want a settlement." "They wanted this cleared up in court." "They want their vindication." "I agree with them." "But for today, the offer stands before the publicity of a trial begins." "When I walk out that door, the offer is withdrawn." "Just so long as you understand that." "It's got to be that way." "We're going to try the case." "That's it?" "Ah, come on, guys." "Life is too short." "Tell me if you're playing chicken or you really mean it." "Frank," "I'm not talking out of school, but someone offered you 200 grand." "That's a lot of money." "And you haven't got the best of records." "Things change." "Oh, that's true." "Sometimes they change, sometimes they don't." "I remember when you were disbarred." "I wasn't disbarred." "They dropped the charges." "A fella's trying to come back, he'd take the settlement, get a record for himself." "I'd take it and run like a thief." "I'm sure you would." "Yeah." "Well... we have the date set." "Next Thursday." "Good." "Well... see you boys in court." "All rise." "Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb." "Mr. Abraham?" "Abrams." "Mr. Abrams." "How are you?" "I'm fine." "Uhh... have you ever been a patient in St. Catherine Labouree Hospital?" "Me?" "I'm Jewish." "Ha ha ha!" "Have you ever been a patient in a hospital?" "Yes." "Well, how did they treat you?" "I don't know what you mean." "Uh-huh." "Been a long time, huh?" "I'll get it back." "Don't worry about me." "Did you get the obstetric nurse?" "Maureen Rooney?" "I went to the hospital." "She wouldn't talk to me." "Tonight I'll go back." "Here." "Read this." "So what?" "So what?" "The best is yet to come." "They got our Dr. Towler on GBH this Friday." "The healing hand, the expert speaks." "We still got to take it to a jury." "All I'm saying is, they're getting some help." "What do you want me to do?" "I'm going to try the case my way." "Want me to go "wee wee wee" all the way home because he's got stories in some newspapers?" "I'm going to win this case." "John, give me a cigar, huh?" "What day is it?" "Tuesday." "I got to go and meet Gruber." "A box of your best cigars." "And I got to meet somebody at O'Rourke's." "Could you meet her for me?" "Laura Fisher." "33 bucks." "The one from the other night?" "Yeah." "I'll see you tomorrow." "We're doing fine." "Hey, Galvin!" "You said you'd call me." "You didn't call me." "Who do you think you are?" "Who do you think you are?" "I can have you disbarred." "Do you know what you did?" "I said, do you know what you did?" "Easy, easy." "It's okay." "It's okay." "You ruined my life, mister, me and my wife, and now I'm going to ruin yours." "You don't have to see that girl." "We've been going for four years." "See, four years... my wife has been crying herself to sleep" "What they did to her sister." "I wouldn't turn down the offer if I thought I couldn't win." "What you thought." "We're trying to get out of town." "We hired you, and the other side tells me they offered $200,000." "I'm going to win this." "I'll give the jury a solid case." "I got a famous doctor for an expert witness." "You'll get five, six times what you" "You guys" "You guys, you're all the same." "The doctors, you, it's always "what I'm going to do for you. "" "And then you screw up, and it's "we did the best we could." "I'm dreadfully sorry. "" "And people like us live with your mistakes the rest of our lives." "They took back the offer." "They" "Uh..." "Dr. Gruber." "He isn't here today." "David Gruber." "He's not on the chart." "He hasn't been here all day." "Phone book?" "Yeah." "Right here." "What is it?" "Dr. Gruber." "Dr. Gruber's not in." "I had an appointment at his office." "I must have been mistaken." "We had a meeting." "He's not in." "Could you call him?" "You can't reach him." "He's on some Caribbean island." "They don't have a phone." "He'll be back in a week." "Dr. Hoffman's taking all of his calls." "Thank you for seeing me." "What is it?" "I" " I need an extension on my case." "You should have taken their offer, especially if you're unprepared." "A witness disappeared on me." "That happens." "I could subpoena him in a week." "I don't have a week." "This case should never have come to trial." "But you know better." "You're Mr. Independent." "You want to be independent?" "Be independent now." "I have no sympathy for you." "Stearns, Harrington." "You know who they are?" "Should I?" "Huge law firm." "Okay, they put him in the firm." "He marries the daughter." "Buys himself a dog, and everything is rosy." "Then Stearns..." "tries to fix a case." "Stearns did it." "Yeah, that Frankie was working on." "Figured he needed a little help, so he... bribed a juror." "When Frankie heard about that, he came to me in tears." "He figured anyone who knew what a spinnaker was had to be a saint." "I said, "Frankie, wake up." ""These people are sharks." ""Do you think they got all that goddamn money for doing good?"" "Well, he didn't want to listen to me." "Goes back to the boys at Stearns and Harrington and... tells them he's disappointed." "He's going to go to the judge and rat them out." "Of course, they were way ahead of him." "Before he can get there, he runs into this federal marshal." "He's indicted for jury tampering." "They throw him in jail." "He's going to be disbarred." "His life is over." "Cape Cod Casualty." "Mr. Alito, please." "Business hours are over." "This is the night service." "This is an emergency." "Would you give me his home number?" "We're not allowed." "Well, could you call him and have him call me?" "I can't guarantee that he'll call you back." "No, no." "I understand." "Thank you." "Thank you." "The name is Frank Galvin." "Could you spell that?" "Yes." "G-A-L-V-I-N." "I'll be at the following number in about half an hour." "Give me a beer." "Want one?" "Yeah." "Two, huh?" "Okay, so now he's in jail." "He finally sees the light." "He calls Harrington and tells him he's made a big mistake." "Like that, I mean, like magic, all charges are dropped, and he's released from jail." "But... he's fired from the firm." "His wife divorces him." "He starts hitting the booze." "And he mopes around for about 31/2 years." "You like that story?" "What else do you want to know about Frankie?" "Hello." "Oh, yeah." "Thanks for calling." "Frank Galvin." "I'm representing Deborah Anne Kaye." "I'd like to discuss your firm's offer of that 210" "Uh... well, in the sense that..." "we'd like to accept it." "Uh-huh." "It came as something of a shock to me, too, but it is my client's wishes." "She changed her mind as of tonight." "I tried to dissuade her." "On the eve of the trial, you understand, she just came down with a terrible case of the jitters." "Uh-huh." "When was that arrived at?" "I know what Concannon said, but I think you're making a big mistake." "You ought to reconsider and get the principals back together again." "Okay." "No, no." "I understand." "Fine." "I'm really sorry to bother you at home." "What happened?" "Did you talk to Gruber?" "Concannon got to him." "I can't even breathe in here." "We're out of time." "Find somebody on this list to replace Gruber." "There's Dr. Thompson." "He's the nearest." "Dr. Thompson." "Yeah." "Frank Galvin, representing Deborah Anne Kaye." "We had some correspondence some time ago." "I'm sorry I didn't get back to you, but the case got postponed." "I'm sorry to call you so late." "Well... we've had a train- change of strategy." "Uh, I was just wondering if you could on- well, on short notice... would you like me to go?" "No, I- I just" "Why don't you try and get some rest?" "I have work to do." "You can't work if you can't think." "Try and sleep." "I'll stay here with you." "Stay here?" "Yeah." "I'll just see if I can get a little sleep." "What is your name?" "Dr. Robert Towler." "You were Deborah Anne Kaye's doctor?" "No." "She was referred from Dr. Hangman's" "Don't equivocate." "Be positive." "Just tell the truth." "You were her doctor." "Yes." "Say it." "I was her doctor." "You were her anesthesiologist at the delivery on May 12, 1976." "I was one of a group of medical" "Now, answer affirmatively and simply, please, and try to keep your answers to three words." "You were not part of a group." "You were her anesthesiologist." "Yes." "You were helping Dr. Marx deliver the child." "Yes." "Anything special about the case?" "Well, when she had been" " When Debbie" " Thank you." "Thank you." "When Debbie" "Remember that, Dr. Towler." "Who else was with you in the operating room?" "Miss Nevins, nurse anesthetist," "Dr. Marx, of course," "Maureen Rooney, the" "What happened when her heart stopped?" "We went to code blue." "Code blue?" "Would you explain to the jury what that means." "It's a common medical expression." "It's a crash program to restore the heartbeat." "Dr. Marx cut an airway in her trachea so she could get oxygen." "Why wasn't she getting oxygen?" "Many reasons, really." "Tell me one." "She'd aspirated vomitus into her mask." "She threw up in her mask." "Now, cut the bullshit." "Just say it." "She threw up in her mask." "She wasn't getting oxygen, and her heart stopped." "That's right." "What did your team do?" " You brought 30 years of experience to bear." " Yes." "A patient riddled with complications, with questionable information on her charts" "We did everything we could... to save her." "Yes!" "You reached down" "We tried to save her!" "You can't know!" "Good." "Good!" "Now tell us." "Well, this patient" "Mr. Galvin?" "Dr. Thompson." "Good of you to meet me." "Well, I'm glad you could come." "My pleasure." "Well..." "I have some errands to run." "Then I thought we'd spend the evening." "That's what I'd planned." "Then you'll see the girl." "From what I've read, Mr. Galvin, you have a very good case." "Yes, I think so." "Well" "Uh, well, you will be very comfortable." "I've put you up at my apartment." "I made a reservation." "The people you're dealing with don't want to lose this case." "They'll pressure you." "There's nothing they can do." "Please, please, sir." "Humor me." "Here is the address." "The key is inside." "341 Worth, please." "Treat the place as your very own, and... please, please, don't call anybody, and thank you very much for coming." "How's our new witness?" "Did you find the obstetric nurse?" "She's working nights." "She's home now." "I'll go over." "Give me the address." "I'm going." "We're going to need her." "Hi!" "Frank Galvin." "I represent Deborah Anne Kaye in the case against St. Catherine Labouree." "I don't want to talk." "It'll just take a second." "Deborah Anne Kaye." "You know what I'm talking about." "Do you know who our chief witness is?" "No." "The assistant chief anesthesiologist at Mass." "Commonwealth." "He says that your doctors, Towler and Marx, put my client in the hospital for life." "We can prove that." "What we don't know is, why?" "What went on in the operating room?" "Something happened." "You know what it was." "They gave her the wrong anesthetic." "Now, something happened." "There was a distraction." "What?" "You have your doctors." "What do you need me for?" "We need someone who was in the operating room." "We're going to win the case." "There's no question." "It's a matter of how big." "I don't have anything to say." "You know what happened." "Nothing happened." "Then why don't you testify for their side?" "I can subpoena you, put you on the stand." "And ask me what?" "Who turned my client into a goddamn vegetable?" "Well, I didn't, mister." "Who are you protecting?" "Doctors?" "What do you owe them?" "I don't owe them a goddamn thing." "Why don't you testify for them?" "You're very pushy." "Wait until I get you on the stand." "Maybe you better do that." "You guys are all the same." "You don't care who you hurt." "All you care about is a dollar." "You're all whores." "You've got no loyalty, no nothing." "You're whores!" "Thank you." "His name is Dr. Lionel Thompson." "City College of New York," "Class of'28, Bachelor of Science." "New York College of Medicine, 16th in a class of 22." "1976, got a courtesy appointment- staff of anesthesiology," "East Hampton Hospital for Women." "Never married." "Has no honors or degrees of any weight." "Since 1975, he's testified in 28 court cases- 12 malpractice" "And... he's black." "Don't touch the fact that he's black." "Don't mention it." "Treat him like anybody else, neither better nor worse, and let's have a black lawyer sit at our table." "Okay?" "Yes, sir." "And what else do you do?" "Uh, get his record of testimony in the 12 malpractice cases." "Do that!" "We'll be at Luckover's." "They gave her the wrong anesthetic under the circumstances." "Why is that?" "Her sister said she ate one hour prior to admittance." "That's what her sister said, but the admittance form says nine hours." "She went in complaining of nausea." "A good doctor would have doubted the chart information." "Is that what a good doctor would do?" "How old are you?" "I'm 74 years old." "What makes you an expert in anesthesiology?" "I'm on the staff of anesthesiology," "East Hampton Hospital for Women." "The East Hampton Hospital for Women?" "What is that, a joke?" "Those men at Catherine Labouree were trying to save a woman's life." "They were there, and here you are four years later" "I made a detailed physical examination of the patient, sir." "Is she getting good treatment over there?" "Actually, it's... well, it's by no means bad." "Then why ruin the reputation of two men to try to help a girl whose life won't be changed?" "What's "Code Blue"?" ""Code Blue"" "It's a common medical term." "We're going to lose." "You think it's my fault?" "Well, uh, there must be something you can do." "That's not the point." "It's over." "You think it's my fault?" "That I could have, uh" "No, I couldn't." "Oh, God, I never should have taken it." "There was no way I could win." "And it's over?" "Yeah, it's over." "I thought it wasn't over until the jury comes in." "Who told you that?" "You." "You want me to say it's your fault." "Okay, it probably is." "What will you do about it?" "I wanted to talk." "I thought maybe" "You maybe could get some sympathy?" "You came to the wrong place." "What makes you so tough?" "I'll tell you later." "There'll be a later?" "Not if you don't grow up." "You're like a kid." "You're coming in here like it's Sunday night." "You want me to say you have a fever so you don't have to go back to school." "Why won't you understand?" "I do understand, Frank, believe me." "You say you'll lose." ""Is it my fault?"" "The case starts tomorrow, and it's over for you." "It is over." "You want to be a failure?" "Do it someplace else." "I can't invest in failure anymore." "I can't!" "Excuse me." "Frank." "Frank." "Please don't!" "Please." "Please don't pressure me." "Please don't." "I, uh..." "I'll do my best for you and your sister." "I know how much it means to you." "How are you holding up?" "Good." "All we have is the witch doctor?" "Yeah." "Well, look at it this way" "It's refreshing every time a doctor takes the stand, he's not a Jew." "All rise!" "Hear ye, all persons before the HonorableJustices of the Superior Court in Boston, give your attendance and be heard." "God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." "Be seated." "Deborah Anne Kaye vs. St. Catherine Labouree Hospital," "Robert S. Towler, M.D., and Sheldon F. Marx, M.D." "Is the plaintiff ready?" "We are, Your Honor." "Defense?" "Ready for the defense, Your Honor." "Let's begin." "Your Honor... ladies and gentlemen of the jury... it's a terrible thing to sit in judgment." "So much rides on it." "I know that you have thought," ""how can I be pure?" ""How can, uh..." ""how can I be..." ""impartial without being cold?" ""How can I be, um... merciful and still be just?"" "Some of you have said prayers... today, to be helped to judge correctly." "Uh, we have the reputation of two men." "Two, uh... well-respected doctors before us and a renowned hospital, and with them, we have my client," "Deborah Anne Kaye, who is deprived of sight... of speech, of hearing, of locomotion, of... well, in short, everything that constitutes her life." "Now, we will prove that she was deprived through negligence... through the negligence of these... respected men." "Uh, we will show, one... why did he go to see Maureen Rooney?" "She's the only nurse not testifying for the doctors." "What did he find?" "Nothing." "How good is your intelligence?" "Very good." "What's his case, aside from Dr. Thompson?" "As far as we know, nothing." "Thank Mr. Concannon." "I'll see him in his office." "Good morning, Doctor." "Dr. Thompson, just so the jury knows, you never treated Deborah Anne Kaye, correct?" "That is correct." "I was asked my opinion." "Asked your opinion for a price, correct?" "You're paid to be here?" "Just as you are, sir." "Are you Board Certified in anesthesiology?" "No, I'm not." "It's common in New York" "Yes, I'm quite sure it is, but this is Massachusetts." "Are you Board Certified in internal medicine?" "No." "Neurology?" "No." "Orthopedics?" "I'm just an M.D." "Ah." "Do you know Dr. Robert Towler?" "I know of him." "How?" "Through his book." "What book is that?" "Methodology and Practice... in-in Anesthesiology?" "Methodology and Practice in Anesthesiology." "Yes." "How old are you?" "I'm 74 years old." "Aha." "Do you still practice quite a lot of medicine?" "I'm, uh, on the staff of anesthesiology" "Yes, yes." "I've heard that, but you do testify quite a bit against other physicians." "Correct?" "You are available for that, so long as you're paid." "Sir... yes." "When a thing is wrong, as in this case, I am available." "Mm-hmm." "I'm 74 years old." "I'm not Board Certified." "I've been practicing medicine for 46 years, and I know when an injustice has been done." "Do you, indeed?" "I bet you do." "That's fine." "Fine." "Let's save the court time." "We'll admit Dr. Thompson as an expert witness." "Mr. Galvin, will you continue now, or we could resume this afternoon?" "I'll continue, Your Honor." "Uh, Dr. Thompson, did you examine Deborah Anne Kaye at the Northern Chronic Care facility last night?" " I did." " Objection!" "Sustained, yes." "The witness will confine testimony to hospital records." "Dr. Thompson, in your review of the hospital records" "May 12, 1976" "In your opinion, what happened to Deborah Anne Kaye?" "Cardiac arrest." "During delivery, her heart stopped." "When the heart stops, the brain is deprived of oxygen." "You get brain damage." "That's why she's in the state she's in today." "Dr. Towler testified that he restored the heartbeat in three to four minutes." "Is that an accurate estimate?" "In my opinion, it took 9, 10 minutes." "There's too much brain damage." "Does failure to restore the heartbeat within nine minutes constitute bad medical practice?" "Your Honor!" "Yes, Mr. Galvin?" "If I may question my witness in my own way." "I'd like to get to the point." "I have the right to ask the witness a direct question." "Let's not waste these people's time." "Answer the question, please." "Would a nine-minute lapse in restoring the heartbeat in and of itself be negligence?" "In that small context, I would say no." "Then you're saying there's no negligence?" "Based on your question, that's correct." "The doctors were not negligent." "Thank you." "I'm not through questioning" "Your Honor, if you're trying my case for me," "I wish you wouldn't lose it." "Thank you." "That's enough for this morning." "I'll see counsel in my chambers." "Now, please!" "All rise." "The court is adjourned until 1:00." "I'll write to the Board of bar overseers about you today." "You're on your way out." "They should've kicked you out in that Littlebridge case." "Now, this is it today." "I'm an attorney on trial before the bar, representing my client- my client." "When you open your mouth, you're losing my case." "Listen to me" "You listen to me!" "I just wanted a fair shake." "I lose my star witness, and I can't get a continuance." "I'll try it and let the jury decide." "They said you're a hard-ass, a defendant's judge." "I don't care." "To hell with it!" "Look, many years ago" "Come on." "Don't give me that shit about you being a lawyer, too." "You were a bagman for the boys downtown." "Are you done?" "You're damn right." "I'm asking for a mistrial." "I'll request that you disqualify yourself from sitting on this case." "I'm gonna take a transcript to theJudicial Conduct Board and ask that they impeach your ass!" "You won't get a mistrial, boy." "We'll try this case to the end." "Get out of here before I call the bailiff." "What does it mean?" "I mean, you, uh, have other tactics?" "Oh, yeah." "They present their case, and we cross-examine." "Are we going to win?" "I mean, you have other tactics?" "Yeah." "Thank you, Dr. Towler." "No further questions, Your Honor." "Dr. Towler." "Yes." "Let's work backwards." "Yes." "You have a record of what happened in the operating room." "You made notations every 30 seconds of the procedures." "Yes, the" "These notations stopped 41/2 minutes after Deborah Anne Kaye's heart stopped." "We were running" "After her heart stopped." "We had more" "And resumed three minutes later." "We had more on our minds than notes." "We were trying to restore her heartbeat." "What happened in those three minutes?" "We were trying" "We had gone to Code Blue" "Why did it take so long to restore her heartbeat?" "Almost nine minutes to restore her heartbeat, which caused brain damage." "You're not allowing the witness to answer." "I would like to answer." "Brain damage could've... it didn't necessarily take nine or eight minutes." "It could've been caused in two." "Wait a minute." "You're saying that her brain damage could've been caused by being deprived of oxygen for two minutes?" "Yes." "Why is that?" "It's right there on her medical chart." "She was anemic." "Less blood, less oxygen." "The brain got less oxygen anyway." "I didn't do too well for you." "You did fine." "No." "I'm afraid that's not true." "Shall I stay on till Monday?" "No." "Thank you." "You can go home." "You know, Mr. Galvin, sometimes people can surprise you." "Sometimes they have a great capacity to hear the truth." "Yeah." "Yes." "Sure you don't want me to stay?" "No." "Thank you." "You can go on home." "I'll see you back at the office, huh?" "What happened?" "It's bad." "What are you going to do now?" "I don't have a goddamn idea." "What do you do if you don't have a witness?" "Use their witness." "That's right." "I think we've tried that, Francis." "The case is over." "You broke the first rule" "I taught you in law school" "Never ask a question unless you have the answer." "Even your own expert witness said there was no negligence." "It's over." "Period." "There'll be other cases." "There are no other cases." "This is the case." "There are no other cases." "This is the case." "There are no other cases." "This is the case." "No other cases." "This is the case." "I know how you feel." "You don't believe me, but I do know." "I'll tell you something that I learned when I was your age." "I had prepared a case, and old man White said," ""how did you do?"" "And I said," ""I did my best. "" "And he said..." ""you're not paid to do your best, you're paid to win. "" "And that's what pays for this office." "It pays for the pro bono work that we do for the poor." "It pays for the... type of law that you want to practice." "It pays for my whiskey." "It pays for..." "your clothes." "It pays for the leisure we have to sit back and discuss philosophy, as we're doing tonight." "We're paid to win the case." "You finished your marriage." "You wanted to come back and practice the law." "You wanted to come back to the world." "Welcome back." "Why isn't Maureen Rooney testifying?" "Hey, you with me?" "You awake?" "Yeah, I'm awake." "She's protecting somebody." "Who is she protecting?" "Doctors?" "If she was protecting them, she'd be on the witness stand." "Read me what she said." ""You guys are a bunch of whores," ""don't care who you hurt, you've got no loyalty. "" "One of the nurses?" "Who?" "Everybody who was in the operating room is testifying." "Okay, who wasn't in the operating room?" "The admitting nurse." "What did she do?" "She took down the history." "And she signed it here "K.C.," Kaitlin Costello." "The histories?" "Yeah. "How old are you?" "How many children do you have?"" ""How old are you?" "How many children do you have?" "When did you last eat?"" "Dr. O'Hara, call the main desk, please." "Oh, Miss Rooney." "I understand what you're doing, and I wanted you to know it's okay." "What are you talking about?" "About Kaitlin Costello." "I understand, and I don't blame you for shielding her." "I spoke to her today." "What are you talking about?" "I talked to her this morning." "She told me." "She told you?" "I just saw her." "In New York?" "You saw Kat in New York?" "Or is she in town?" "Is she in town?" "Thank you." "I'm sorry." "All right." "Thank you." "Don't we have anything from the New York Nurse Association?" "That broad has disappeared." "From the hospital?" "This old record said she quit in '76." "She quit two weeks after the incident." "Thank you." " We have to talk." " I can't talk now." "Call the A.M.A." "Tell them you're Dr. Somebody and you need to find a nurse." "Mrs. Costello." "This is Mr. Goldberg in accounting." "We have some money here for you." "Ah... is this the Mrs. Costello, the registered nurse?" "I see." "Well, I'm sorry." "Our records must be mixed-up." "Are you related to Kaitlin Costello?" "This is Dr. Dorchester in Boston." "Listen, a nurse left my employment about four years ago." "A Kaitlin Costello." "That's correct." "This is Mr. Dorchester in records." "I'm looking for a Kaitlin Costello." "Laura, you got a cigarette?" "Kaitlin Costello." "That's right." "She left about four years ago." "I'm sorry." "Kaitlin." "Kaitlin Costello." "Bye." "Laura, don't forget the cigarettes, huh?" "Hello." "This is Ross Williams calling." "Yes." "I'm calling from California." "I'm sorry." "I know it's very late back east, but this is an emergency." "I'd like to speak to Kaitlin Costello, please." "Nobody here by that name." "I see." "Our records must have been mixed-up, I guess." "Is this the family of Kaitlin Costello?" "Know what time it is?" "Hello?" "Hello." "I'm calling from, uh," "I'm calling from the Professional Nurse Quarterly." "From the magazine?" "Yes." "This is Mr. Wallace in subscriptions." "Uh, is this Miss Costello?" " Yes." "Price." " Pardon?" "Kaitlin Price." "We find that your subscription has lapsed." "My subscription lapsed three years ago." "Yes." "That's why we're calling." "Mrs." "We have a renew-your-subscription offer." "We get it at work." "We get the magazine at work." "Oh, yes, I know that." "It's in our files." "That's the Manhattan Health Center?" "No, at Chelsea Child Care." "Okay?" "Look, call me Monday." "I'm late for work." "Eastern Airlines 9 A.M. Air-shuttle to La Guardia now ready for boarding at gate 10." "Eastern Airlines 9 A.M. Air-shuttle to La Guardia now ready for boarding at gate 10." "Hello." "Frank." "Frank, where are you?" "You're going to New York?" "Listen, Frank, I have to be in New York." "I have papers to sign about my divorce." "Could we meet there?" "You got a cigarette?" "Could we meet in New York, Frank?" "Yeah." "Yeah." " The Russell Hotel- on 38th Street, isn't it?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Around 4:00?" "I feel the same way, Frank." "Yeah, I know." "Okay, I'll see you this afternoon." "Bye-bye." "Uh, Laura..." "I'm... going to go out and get some cigarettes." "Okay, okay, okay." "One basketball." "One football." "One more basketball." "What did you do with your hand?" "Come here." "Come here." "What did you do to your hand?" "Hi." "Let's see this." "I've been meaning to stop in here." "You live in the neighborhood?" "My nephew is coming to visit." "How old is he?" "Oh, he's 4." "Let's see what we've got here." "Let's see this." "No." "Don't take it off." "You're great with these kids." "Thank you." "I mean, you really are." "You're going to put it on this?" "Oh, you're-you're the one they said was a nurse." "Who told you that?" "I don't know." "Mrs..." "Mrs. Simmons?" "Yeah." "I used to be a nurse." "It's a wonderful profession." "My daughter-in-law's in it." "What'd you do?" "Did you stop?" "Yes." "Why'd you do that?" "Will you help me?" "What's the matter, you lost or something?" "Frankie, we got to talk." "Come on." "We'll get a cup of coffee." "Oh." "Did you see that?" "You all right, Miss?" "You got him?" "Are you okay?" "Yeah." "I'm all right." "Leave him alone." "You okay?" "I'm all right, thank you." "Shall I call the cops?" "Well, I talked to..." "Johnny White at the Bar Association." "She used to work for Concannon's partner in New York." "She wanted to come to Boston." "How bad did she hurt us?" "I don't know." "Yeah." "We got a mistrial, you know." "You hear what I said, Frank?" "I don't want a mistrial." "Hello?" "Is Frank there?" "He's not here now." "When are you expecting him?" "I don't know when." "Dr. Towler, on page 406" ""Contraindications of general anesthetic. "" ""Ideally a patient should refrain from taking nourishment up to nine hours prior to induction of general anesthetic. "" " Does that sound familiar?" " Yes." "I wrote it." "Methodology and Practice in Anesthesiology." "Our general textbook on the subject." "Is that correct?" "I" "Yes, it is." "And you wrote it?" "Yes." "Page 414." ""If a patient has taken nourishment" ""within one hour prior to inducement," ""general anesthetic should be avoided at all costs because of the grave risk the patient will aspirate food particles into his mask. "" "Deborah Anne Kaye aspirated food particles into her mask?" "She threw up in her mask." "Yes." "But she hadn't eaten one hour before admission." "If she had eaten an hour before being admitted to the hospital, then the inducement of a general anesthetic of the kind that you gave her would've been negligent?" "Negligent?" "Yes." "It would've been criminal, but such was not the case." "Thank you." "Mr. Concannon." "No further questions, Your Honor." "Thank you, Dr. Towler." "Mr. Galvin..." "Rebuttal?" "Kaitlin Costello Price." "Kaitlin Costello Price." "Get to work on her." "State your name, please." "Kaitlin Costello Price." "Do you swear the evidence you'll give is the truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" " I do." " Be seated." "Kaitlin Price." "Yes." "You were the admitting nurse at St. Catherine Labouree on May 12, 1976," " the night that they admitted Deborah Anne Kaye." " Yes." "Did you sign this admission form?" "Yes." "Those are your initials, K.C.?" "Kaitlin Costello." "That's my maiden name." "Did you ask the patient when did she last eat?" "Yes." "What did she say?" "She said she'd had a full meal... one hour before coming to the hospital." " One hour?" " Yes." "And did you put the numeral 1 on this admission sheet?" "I mean, standing for one hour?" "I did." "A single hour?" "Yes." "Thank you." "Your witness." "Anything?" "You're aware of the penalties for perjury?" " It's a crime." " It is a crime, a serious crime." " I wouldn't do it." " You would not?" "No." "You've taken an oath that you would not commit perjury." "Isn't that right?" "Yes." "Just now?" "Yes." "You have sworn before God that you would tell the truth." "Yes." "Now, I want to ask you something." "Four years ago, when you were working as a nurse, are you aware that these doctors, Marx and Towler, based their treatment of Deborah Anne Kaye" " on this admitting form which you signed?" " I" "Wasn't that an oath?" "These are your initials" " K.C." "When you signed this form, you took an oath, no less important than that which you've taken today." "Isn't that right?" "Isn't that right?" "Yes." "Then which is correct?" "You've sworn today that the patient ate one hour before admittance." "Four years ago, you swore that she ate nine hours before admittance." "All right, which is the lie?" "I" "Do you know these men wanted a trial to clear their names?" "And on a slip of memory four years ago, you'd ruin their lives?" "They lied." "They lied?" "They lied?" "When did they lie?" "Do you know what a lie is?" "I do, yes." "You swore that the patient ate nine hours" "That's not what I wrote." "You told me you signed it." "Yes, I signed it." "Yes... but I didn't write a 9." "I wrote a 1." "You didn't write a 9." "You wrote a 1." "And how do you remember so clearly after four years?" "Because I kept a copy." "It's right here." "Objection!" "We can't accept a photocopy when the court already has the original." "I'll rule on that presently." "Uh... please proceed." "What in the world induced you to make a photocopy of an obscure record and hold it for four years?" "Your Honor, this" "Why?" "Why-why would you do that?" "I thought I might need it." "And why would you think that?" "After" "After the operation... when that poor girl, she went into a coma," "Dr. Towler called me in." "He told me... that he'd had five difficult deliveries in a row and he was tired... and he never looked at the admittance form." "And he told me to change the form." "He told me to change the 1 to a 9... or else- or else, he said, he'd fire me." "He said I'd never work again." "Who were these men?" "I wanted to be a nurse!" "No further questions, Your Honor." "You may step down." "Mr. Galvin." "Nothing further, Your Honor." "Mr. Concannon." "Mr. Concannon." "Ah." "Thank you, Your Honor." "We object to the copy of the admitting form, and we cite McGee vs. the State of Indiana, United States 131.2." ""The admission of a duplicate document" ""in preference to an existing original" ""must presuppose the possibility of alteration and so must be disallowed. "" "And, Your Honor, having given the plaintiff the leeway, we would like your ruling on this issue now." "We object to the admission of a Xerox photocopy." "Uh, one moment, Mr. Concannon." "Yes." "The document is disallowed." " Objection!" " Overruled!" " Exception!" "Noted." "Thank you." "Legally, he's right." "The jury will be advised not to consider the testimony of Miss Costello regarding the Xerox form." "It is unsubstantiated." "We cannot accept a copy in preference to the original." "Thank you, Your Honor." "Furthermore," "Miss Costello is a rebuttal witness." "As the court knows, no prior notice was given of her appearance, and as a surprise witness, she may only rebut direct testimony." "As her only evidentiary rebuttal is the admitting form which has been disallowed," "I request that her entire testimony be disallowed and that the jury be advised that they must totally disregard her entire appearance here." "Yes." "I'm going to uphold that." " Objection!" "Overruled!" " Exception!" "Noted." "Thank you." "The jury will be advised not to consider the testimony of Miss Costello." "Miss Costello was a rebuttal witness." "Her sole rebuttal was the document, which has been disallowed." "Her entire testimony must be stricken from the record." "You shouldn't have heard it." "That was my mistake." "You must strike it from your minds." "Give it no weight." "Legally, it's over." "Concannon was brilliant." "Tell me about Kaitlin Costello." "There's nothing to tell." "It's been stricken from the record." "I know, but did you believe her?" "Mr. Galvin." "Mr. Galvin." "Summation?" "Well... so much of the time, we're just lost." "We say, "Please, God," ""tell us what is right." "Tell us what is true. "" "There is no justice." "The rich win, the poor are powerless." "We become... tired of hearing people lie." "And after a time, we become dead." "We think of ourselves... as victims." "And we become victims." "We become" "We become weak." "We doubt ourselves." "We doubt our beliefs." "We doubt our institutions." "And we doubt the law." "But today, you are the law." "You are the law." "Not some book, not the lawyers," "not a marble statue, or the trappings of the court." "You see, those are just symbols of our desire... to be just." "They are" "They are, in fact, a prayer." "A fervent and a frightened prayer." "In my religion... they say, "Act as if ye had faith." "Faith will be given to you. "" "If" "If we are to have faith in justice... we need only to believe in ourselves... and act with justice." "I believe there is justice in our hearts." "Have you reached a verdict?" "We have, Your Honor." "We've agreed to hold for the plaintiff," "Deborah Anne Kaye, and against St. Catherine Labouree," "Doctors Towler and Marx." "But, Your Honor, are we limited on the size of the award?" "Are we permitted to award an amount greater than the amount the plaintiff asked for?" "You are" "You're not bound by anything other than your good judgment based on the evidence." "Please retire, and when you've agreed on the amount" "You did it, Frank." "Way to go, Frank." "You did it."