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the safety of the Meridian model?

I can't testify on some hypothetical report.

It wasn't hypothetical to Dr Pavel.

He wrote it.

- So he says.

- So he says under oath.

Do you understand, sir,

that you are testifying under oath?

- Yes, I do.

- And that perjury is grounds for disbarment?

Mr Ward, I find that objectionable.

I do know the law.

So do I. You're using semantics when

all you have to do is answer a question.

- Did you see that report? Yes or no?

- Objection! The question has been answered.

- It's been asked and has not been answered.

- Overruled.

Yes or no? I think you're being evasive!

I'm not.

I'm answering the questions you're asking.

The hell you are! You know that,

I know that, the jury knows that.

- Mr Ward...

- Everybody in this courtroom knows it.

- Mr Ward, sit down.

- That son of b*tch is getting to the jury.

No. He's only bluffing.

He did the same thing in Wrangell v Kincaid.

- I can handle this.

- Then do it.

Miss Ward?

Mr Grazier, Mr Ward has been

thundering on for quite some time now.

It occurs to me that, with all his fire and

brimstone, he might have confused the issue.

I'd like to ask you a simple question,

straight out.

Have you any knowledge of a report

calling any version of the Meridian unsafe?

No.

Have you ever seen one,

read one or heard of one?

No.

No further questions.

Members of the jury,

what you've seen here is a little unusual.

Mr Grazier's presence on the stand should not

influence you to find for or against his client.

You may step down.

Your Honor,

plaintiff calls Anthony Patricola.

- Who the hell is Anthony Patricola?

- I've never heard of him.

His name was there.

You must have missed it.

I'm sure I gave it to you,

along with a bunch of other papers.

Looked like the goddamn

Library of Congress.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth

and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

- I do.

- Be seated and state your name.

Anthony Patricola.

What do you do for a living, Mr Patricola?

I am the chief accountant in the risk

management division of Argo Motors.

Are you what is affectionately

called a "bean counter"?

Yes, sir.

- Are you the head bean counter?

- Yes, sir.

- So you see a lot of reports in yourjob?

- Yes.

- You take these reports and make...

- B*tch.

You gave him Patricola.

I'm sorry, Michael.

I guess it's in the genes.

...a defective part.

You make a decision whether

to replace that part in a recall

or suffer the consequences of a lawsuit,

whichever's cheaper.

Is that correct?

I don't make the decisions,

I just analyze the reports.

Reports, yes.

Let's talk about them.

Do you recall one questioning the safety

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