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| [00:01] | That happygolucky looking kid is me. | |
| [00:04] | I was the smartest person I had ever met, | |
| [00:07] | and I was convinced I would grow up to be an astronaut | |
| [00:10] | and the first man on Saturn. | |
| [00:12] | This is me the summer after my first year in college. | |
| [00:15] | I was on my first car, third girlfriend, | |
| [00:18] | and second fake ID. I had come to the conclusion | |
| [00:20] | that space travel probably wasn’t in my future | |
| [00:23] | and that psychology was for losers and weaklings. | |
| [00:26] | You can figure out what this is. | |
| [00:29] | The point being we move through our lives shedding skins, | |
| [00:32] | kissing older versions of ourselves goodbye | |
| [00:35] | and new ones hello. | |
| [00:41] | Bull? | |
| [00:42] | Mind if I join you for your 9:00? | |
| [00:44] | What 9:00? | |
| [00:46] | Wh… That bigdeal attorney from upstate | |
| [00:47] | that you told me to fit into your schedule this morning. | |
| [00:50] | What are you talking about? | |
| [00:51] | Were you drinking last night? | |
| [00:52] | Was it a day that ends in “Y”? | |
| [00:54] | You don’t remember me calling you. | |
| [00:55] | Calling me what? | |
| [00:57] | I smell a setup. | |
| [01:00] | Do you want me to walk in first? | |
| [01:02] | I’d love that. | |
| [01:06] | Mr. Burnam? | |
| [01:08] | So sorry to have kept you waiting. | |
| [01:10] | Dr. Bull just arrived. | |
| [01:15] | Mr. Burnam? | |
| [01:17] | Dr. Bull. Thank you so much for seeing me. | |
| [01:20] | You’re a big deal attorney? | |
| [01:25] | II… am an attorney. | |
| [01:28] | How old are you? | |
| [01:30] | 24. 25 in March. | |
| [01:33] | I get this all the time. | |
| [01:34] | Okay. | |
| [01:36] | I’m gonna walk around my desk here | |
| [01:39] | and put myself in that chair and hope | |
| [01:40] | that in the time it takes me to walk from here to there, | |
| [01:43] | I start to remember who you are and why you’re here. | |
| [02:00] | I got nothing. | |
| [02:01] | You know, now that I think about it, | |
| [02:03] | maybe I never did call you about this meeting. | |
| [02:06] | Okay. Somebody want to tell me what’s going on here? | |
| [02:08] | Well, don’t be angry with Zack. | |
| [02:09] | He really is a lawyer, and he really has been | |
| [02:11] | trying to reach you for several weeks. | |
| [02:13] | I just knew that when you heard his story | |
| [02:15] | you’d want to meet him. | |
| [02:16] | Because? | |
| [02:17] | Because I, I have a case | |
| [02:19] | that could really benefit from your involvement. | |
| [02:23] | Is that the line that’s supposed to hook me? | |
| [02:26] | Where are you from? | |
| [02:28] | Danville. It’sit’s a little town | |
| [02:30] | about 40 miles north of here. | |
| [02:32] | 40 whole miles. | |
| [02:33] | I am incredibly impressed and flattered. | |
| [02:36] | You have one more chance to say something, anything, | |
| [02:38] | that will make me want to talk to you | |
| [02:40] | more than to check my emails. | |
| [02:42] | It’s a toxic tort case. | |
| [02:44] | Okay. That’s pretty heady stuff | |
| [02:47] | for a young attorney. Somebody was exposed | |
| [02:49] | to chemicals that did them harm? | |
| [02:50] | Yeah. My mom. | |
| [02:52] | And five other people. | |
| [02:54] | Your mom? | |
| [02:56] | That’s a lot of responsibility. | |
| [02:59] | You with a big firm? | |
| [03:01] | No, it’s kind of just me, myself and I. | |
| [03:04] | AActually, it wasit was my mom’s idea to reach out to you. | |
| [03:08] | I don’t understand. Is your mom an attorney? | |
| [03:10] | My mom’s Allison Burnam. | |
| [03:13] | But when you knew her | |
| [03:14] | she was Allison Campbell. | |
| [03:18] | Allison Campbell? | |
| [03:23] | Ally Campbell. | |
| [03:25] | Day in, day out, I do mostly DUls, small claim cases, | |
| [03:28] | personal injury… that sort of thing. | |
| [03:31] | But when my mom got sick… | |
| [03:33] | Ilt took us a while to realize she wasn’t the only one. | |
| [03:36] | And do you have a theory about why this is happening? | |
| [03:39] | The biggest employer in our town is a company | |
| [03:40] | called Warwick Furniture Manufacturing. | |
| [03:42] | All my clients are near the factory, | |
| [03:44] | and they’ve all got something wrong. | |
| [03:46] | Thyroid disease, cancer, | |
| [03:47] | heart problems, bladder issues. | |
| [03:49] | Doesn’t the fact that different have different maladies | |
| [03:51] | make it difficult to prove causation? | |
| [03:53] | Well, I have an expert who will explain it all stems from | |
| [03:55] | a chemical Warwick uses as a flame retardant | |
| [03:56] | on their furniture. Trichloroethylene. | |
| [03:59] | The company’s gonna have | |
| [04:00] | their own expert. And their job is gonna be to shoot down | |
| [04:03] | whatever theories your expert tries to float. | |
| [04:06] | I know this is gonna be an uphill battle. | |
| [04:09] | That’s why I’m here. | |
| [04:11] | Ally Campbell. | |
| [04:13] | She was my first real girlfriend. | |
| [04:16] | We went out senior year. | |
| [04:17] | Took her to the prom. | |
| [04:19] | She could throw better than I could, | |
| [04:21] | but I could rap better than she could. | |
| [04:23] | Both highly important skill sets | |
| [04:24] | in the adult world we were about to enter. | |
| [04:27] | We were quite the couple. | |
| [04:31] | I feel terrible about your mother, | |
| [04:32] | and I wish there was something I could do to help, but, | |
| [04:36] | you don’t even have a settlement offer. | |
| [04:37] | Actually, I do. | |
| [04:38] | So then what’s the problem? | |
| [04:40] | My clients won’t accept. | |
| [04:41] | And it’s not because they’re greedy. | |
| [04:43] | It’s just not a very good offer. | |
| [04:45] | They want to get enough at least to cover their medical expenses. | |
| [04:47] | They also want the company to install water extension lines | |
| [04:50] | to bypass the contaminated wells. | |
| [04:51] | Seems like a pretty reasonable ask. | |
| [04:53] | Who’s representing the company? | |
| [04:55] | Bartlett & Dunn. It’s a local firm, but they… | |
| [04:57] | Yeah, we’ve heard of ’em. | |
| [04:58] | They’re good. And big. | |
| [05:00] | And if you go to trial… | |
| [05:01] | I’ll get beaten badly. | |
| [05:03] | Which is another reason I’m here. | |
| [05:05] | A man with a plan. | |
| [05:08] | 40 miles? | |
| [05:10] | Well, maybe I’ll run up to Danville with you, | |
| [05:13] | see what’s what. | |
| [05:14] | Say hi to your mom. | |
| [05:16] | I’m not sure I can be of much help, but… | |
| [05:18] | Can you rearrange my day? | |
| [05:20] | Already did. | |
| [05:21] | And arrange for a car to bring me back | |
| [05:24] | into the city around 7:30 tonight? | |
| [05:26] | Already did. | |
| [05:41] | So your mom knows I’m coming? | |
| [05:43] | Not really. | |
| [05:44] | I couldn’t be sure you’d say yes and land I didn’t | |
| [05:46] | want to make a promise I couldn’t keep. | |
| [05:48] | Aha. | |
| [05:49] | What about your dad… does he know about me? | |
| [05:52] | He know you’re talking to me? | |
| [05:53] | Dad died when I was 12. | |
| [05:55] | He worked for Warwick. | |
| [05:56] | Regional Sales Manger. | |
| [05:58] | He was driving up to Buffalo one night, | |
| [05:59] | hit some ice, and… | |
| [06:03] | Well… | |
| [06:05] | I’m sorry. | |
| [06:06] | Long time ago. | |
| [06:10] | What I’m hoping to do | |
| [06:13] | is maybe review the settlement with you and your mother | |
| [06:15] | and then try and broker a meeting with the other side, | |
| [06:17] | see if we can get ’em to sweeten it. | |
| [06:19] | Anything to avoid court. | |
| [06:20] | Yeah. | |
| [06:22] | That sounds good. | |
| [06:24] | It mamake… it makes makes sense. | |
| [06:27] | Although there was a part of me | |
| [06:29] | that was really looking forward to the trial. | |
| [06:31] | You like court? You spend a lot of time there? | |
| [06:33] | Um, this would actually be my first time. | |
| [06:37] | In court? | |
| [06:40] | But that’s okay. | |
| [06:41] | When it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be. | |
| [06:46] | Hey, Mom? | |
| [06:47] | I’m home. | |
| [06:50] | Also, I found this nice stranger hitchhiking | |
| [06:52] | just before the Tappan Zee Bridge. | |
| [06:53] | Can I keep him? | |
| [06:57] | She, may be resting. | |
| [06:59] | Let me go look. | |
| [07:10] | How weird is this? | |
| [07:15] | You hunt me down to tell me you’ve decided | |
| [07:17] | – not to go away to college after all? – Boy. Okay. | |
| [07:19] | – Time to go. – No, no, no. | |
| [07:21] | Get over here and give me a serious hug. | |
| [07:26] | Hey. | |
| [07:27] | I won’t break. | |
| [07:37] | Hey. | |
| [07:39] | We’re still a pretty good fit. | |
| [07:41] | Your son is standing right next to us. | |
| [07:44] | Please. I’ve peeked at his computer. | |
| [07:46] | He’s seen lots worse | |
| [07:47] | than this. | |
| [07:50] | Figures I’d have to get deathly ill | |
| [07:52] | to see you again. | |
| [07:54] | I’m so, so, sorry. | |
| [07:57] | Well, the good news is you got a great kid there. | |
| [08:00] | I know. | |
| [08:03] | Tell me about you. | |
| [08:07] | Kidney cancer. | |
| [08:10] | Not a lot to tell. | |
| [08:13] | On the plus side, | |
| [08:15] | haven’t been this skinny since you last saw me. | |
| [08:17] | On the minus side… | |
| [08:20] | this is not the life | |
| [08:21] | I planned for myself. | |
| [08:25] | At 45, it’s not the ending | |
| [08:27] | I imagined for myself. | |
| [08:30] | I’m taking targeted medication, and I’m doing immunotherapy. | |
| [08:34] | And for a couple of hours, I’ll feel great. | |
| [08:37] | And then, all of a sudden, trying to get out of a chair, | |
| [08:39] | or walking across the room will require more energy | |
| [08:43] | than I can muster. | |
| [08:47] | But I’ml’m alive, | |
| [08:49] | so, beats the alternative, right? | |
| [08:53] | How can I help? | |
| [08:55] | Honestly? | |
| [08:57] | I need you to talk to the others. | |
| [08:59] | This case, thisthis disease… | |
| [09:05] | is bankrupting us. | |
| [09:07] | I lose the house next month. | |
| [09:10] | Zack has emptied his savings. | |
| [09:13] | I need you to convince them. | |
| [09:16] | Just get them to accept an offer. | |
| [09:20] | Please. | |
| [09:22] | – We already talked about this. – It’s absolutely not what we’re… | |
| [09:35] | Everyone just stop. Now, I know you’re upset. | |
| [09:38] | Upset? | |
| [09:39] | II have cancer, Dr. Bull. | |
| [09:40] | At the very least, I’m owed an apology | |
| [09:42] | for what they’ve done to me. I hear you. | |
| [09:44] | And I agree. | |
| [09:46] | But that’s never gonna happen. | |
| [09:48] | Let me be clear. | |
| [09:50] | In a civil case, the only good that can come is financial. | |
| [09:54] | No one is gonna say they’re sorry. | |
| [09:57] | No one from Warwick Furniture Manufacturing | |
| [09:59] | is going to jail. | |
| [10:01] | And no one can take away your cancer. | |
| [10:03] | All you can hope to win is money. | |
| [10:06] | And that’s what’s on the table. | |
| [10:09] | It’s just not right. | |
| [10:10] | You brought this guy from New York City to tell us that, | |
| [10:12] | Doesn’t it matter | |
| [10:14] | that what they’re offering us is ridiculous? | |
| [10:19] | Ally? | |
| [10:26] | Ooh. | |
| [10:28] | Here. Here. | |
| [10:31] | There. | |
| [10:44] | – You okay? – I’m okay. | |
| [10:46] | I’m okay. Zack, sweetie, I need my pills. | |
| [10:48] | You know the ones I mean, in… in my bathroom? | |
| [10:54] | Well, I don’t think we changed any minds down there. | |
| [10:56] | Not even with the encore from An Officer and a Gentleman. | |
| [10:59] | Actually, you changed mine. | |
| [11:01] | I think we should go to trial, | |
| [11:03] | and I think we should squeeze those bastards | |
| [11:05] | because of what they did to you, | |
| [11:07] | squeeze ’em for everything they’ve got. | |
| [11:08] | We? | |
| [11:10] | If you’ll have me, Counselor. | |
| [11:12] | I’m gonna send that car downstairs back into the city, | |
| [11:15] | get my clothes and my laptop. | |
| [11:18] | Maybe you can point me to a hotel that’s near by? | |
| [11:20] | There’s a room for you right down the hall. | |
| [11:23] | But Jason… | |
| [11:24] | Zack, why don’t you go downstairs | |
| [11:26] | and tell your clients we’re going to court? | |
| [11:31] | Jason? | |
| [11:33] | You haven’t seen me in 25 years. | |
| [11:36] | I really never expected you to drop everything | |
| [11:40] | and make my problems your problems. | |
| [11:42] | Problems? You have problems? | |
| [11:44] | You think spontaneously bleeding | |
| [11:46] | from a facial orifice is a problem? | |
| [11:49] | Where I come from, that’s the ultimate party trick, lady. | |
| [11:52] | It is lady, isn’t it? | |
| [11:53] | Now, | |
| [11:55] | I am gonna go downstairs and try and talk a little more sense | |
| [11:58] | into your happy band of coplaintiffs, | |
| [12:00] | make some phone calls, and then I’m gonna hit the bed | |
| [12:02] | in that room you offered me, and I mean hit it hard. | |
| [12:06] | And I want to be really clear. | |
| [12:07] | If you try and sneak in in the middle of the night | |
| [12:10] | and pull any funny stuff, all bets are off, okay? | |
| [12:14] | I’m just not that kind of boy. | |
| [12:19] | Now, see, that’s what I’m talking about. | |
| [12:21] | You got to work on your impulse control. | |
| [12:31] | – So what now? – So, today I’m hoping | |
| [12:34] | Zack and I get to meet with opposing council. | |
| [12:37] | But before I sit at the table, | |
| [12:39] | I’d like to know what kind of cards I’m holding. | |
| [12:41] | Well, it turns out | |
| [12:43] | the flame retardant Warwick uses is technically legal | |
| [12:46] | in the United States, | |
| [12:47] | but it’s banned in most of the rest of the world | |
| [12:50] | because of concerns that it’s bioaccummulative | |
| [12:51] | and carcinogenic. | |
| [12:53] | Be careful with that, though, okay? | |
| [12:54] | Those findings are derived from experiments with rats. | |
| [12:58] | Benny’s right. | |
| [13:00] | Rat models are far from perfect | |
| [13:01] | when predicting toxicity in humans. | |
| [13:03] | They’re only accurate about 43% of the time. | |
| [13:06] | Okay, but the science isn’t junk, right? | |
| [13:08] | No, it’s not junk. In fact, it’s terrifying. | |
| [13:11] | And if I were on the jury, | |
| [13:13] | I’d go full Erin Brockovich on their ass. | |
| [13:16] | That’s quite an image, Cable. | |
| [13:19] | Wait a second. | |
| [13:21] | I smell food. | |
| [13:24] | Nothing personal. Later. | |
| [13:29] | Wow. | |
| [13:31] | What is all this? | |
| [13:33] | Are there lumberjacks coming for breakfast? | |
| [13:34] | Yeah, I know. I kind of overdid it. | |
| [13:37] | No. It’s great. | |
| [13:38] | Just maybe we should offload some of this onto Zack. | |
| [13:42] | No, he’s already gone. He left for work an hour ago. | |
| [13:44] | He’s trying to set up that meeting with the other side. | |
| [13:46] | Well… his loss. | |
| [13:54] | So… | |
| [13:56] | just you and me here. | |
| [14:02] | Listen, I know it’s been a long time, | |
| [14:04] | but I’ve actually been thinking about this | |
| [14:07] | a lot, so, | |
| [14:09] | if I asked you to… | |
| [14:12] | do something… with me, | |
| [14:15] | would you at least | |
| [14:17] | think about it? | |
| [14:20] | Give it some thought? | |
| [14:56] | Hello. Zack, good to see you again. | |
| [14:58] | Mr. Dunn. | |
| [15:00] | And you must be Dr. Bull. | |
| [15:02] | I am indeed. Preston Dunn | |
| [15:03] | of Bartlett & Dunn. | |
| [15:05] | Have a seat, please. | |
| [15:09] | So… what can we do for you gentlemen? | |
| [15:14] | Well, Mr. Burnam and I wanted to see | |
| [15:16] | if we could have a conversation | |
| [15:17] | with you about our pending court action. | |
| [15:20] | What about it? | |
| [15:22] | Well, the proposal on the table, | |
| [15:23] | is, in our opinion, exceedingly modest. | |
| [15:27] | It doesn’t even speak to the request | |
| [15:29] | for extending water lines | |
| [15:30] | that would bypass the polluted wells | |
| [15:32] | so that our clients could use clean water | |
| [15:36] | in their homes. | |
| [15:38] | We were hoping we might be able to convince you | |
| [15:40] | to sweeten the offer and maybe avoid court altogether. | |
| [15:44] | And why would we do that? | |
| [15:46] | Yeah. Sense of fair play? | |
| [15:48] | Your client’s sense of remorse? | |
| [15:49] | You don’t want | |
| [15:50] | to be publicly humiliated in a court of law? | |
| [15:53] | Tell me when to stop. I got a million of ’em. | |
| [15:55] | Dr. Bull, we have no reason to fear court. | |
| [15:59] | Our clients firmly believe they’ve done nothing illegal. | |
| [16:03] | The fact that there is an offer | |
| [16:03] | on the table is solely a function | |
| [16:05] | of their commitment to being a good neighbor | |
| [16:08] | and trying to help friends who have fallen on hard times. | |
| [16:11] | Wow. | |
| [16:14] | You said that like you almost meant it. | |
| [16:17] | Preston, | |
| [16:18] | let me explain something to you. | |
| [16:20] | Yes, you have money on your side, | |
| [16:24] | and a small gaggle of attorneys, | |
| [16:26] | but your gaggle all specialize in one thing. | |
| [16:30] | Keeping your clients out of court. | |
| [16:33] | And court is where I live every single day. | |
| [16:37] | I have more experience in court | |
| [16:39] | than all of Bartlett & Dunn put together. | |
| [16:41] | So if that’s where you want to work this out, | |
| [16:44] | so be it, but if you wake up in the middle | |
| [16:46] | of the night and change your mind… | |
| [16:49] | that’s my cell number. | |
| [16:53] | I need ten times what’s on the table, | |
| [16:55] | and those extended pipelines. | |
| [16:57] | That should get it done. | |
| [16:59] | Though, if I were to get this case in front of a jury, | |
| [17:02] | I think it’d be a lot more expensive than that. | |
| [17:08] | Ladies. | |
| [17:10] | Gentlemen. | |
| [17:12] | Don’t get up. I wouldn’t for you. | |
| [17:16] | Was that how it was supposed to go? | |
| [17:18] | Fear’s a weapon. We just weaponized you. | |
| [17:21] | And yes, that’s how it was supposed to go. | |
| [17:26] | A trial is a piece of theater. | |
| [17:28] | It’s not just the events that shape the outcome, | |
| [17:30] | but often the order of events. | |
| [17:31] | My suggestion is we put the scientific experts on first, | |
| [17:34] | then our whistleblower, and then finish with the plaintiffs. | |
| [17:37] | That makes sense. Save the most emotional testimony for last. | |
| [17:39] | The problem is, if the science doesn’t land, | |
| [17:41] | the opposition is gonna argue that there’s no reason | |
| [17:43] | to hear from the plaintiffs | |
| [17:45] | because their argument is immaterial. | |
| [17:47] | Well… | |
| [17:51] | Look, okay, we can’t do that. | |
| [17:53] | That’s the whole reason I’m in this thing. | |
| [17:55] | I mean, I… I want my mother | |
| [17:56] | to have a chance to talk to these guys. | |
| [17:58] | – What guys? – The company. | |
| [18:00] | Warwick Furniture Manufacturing. | |
| [18:01] | I want them to hear what they’ve done to her, | |
| [18:03] | what they’ve taken from her. | |
| [18:05] | First her husband, now her life? | |
| [18:08] | Even if we get nothing, she has to have that moment. | |
| [18:10] | She’s entitled to that moment. | |
| [18:12] | Zack, | |
| [18:13] | she’s entitled to do whatever helps us win. | |
| [18:15] | I mean, there are five other plaintiffs. | |
| [18:18] | I don’t foresee any reason why | |
| [18:19] | she wouldn’t be able to testify, but | |
| [18:21] | let’s keep our eyes on the prize. You understand? | |
| [18:26] | Great. | |
| [18:28] | Now tell me about voir dire. | |
| [18:32] | Well, the judge will automatically eliminate anybody | |
| [18:34] | from the jury pool who works for Warwick, | |
| [18:37] | or is related to anybody who works for Warwick, | |
| [18:40] | or is related to anybody who used to work for Warwick. | |
| [18:43] | But that is not the problem. | |
| [18:45] | The problem is, in a town like this, | |
| [18:48] | that even if you don’t work for Warwick, | |
| [18:50] | you come to believe your prosperity is tied to theirs. | |
| [18:53] | Yeah. I hadn’t thought of that. | |
| [18:55] | So we find the outliers, the anomalies, | |
| [18:58] | people who live in Danville who are suspicious of big business. | |
| [19:01] | And maybe people who feel cheated in their lives. | |
| [19:06] | That’s interesting. What do you mean? | |
| [19:08] | Well, folks who have been lied to in the same way | |
| [19:10] | that Warwick lied to the plaintiffs. | |
| [19:14] | You sure you’ve never been in a courtroom before? | |
| [19:21] | Big team? | |
| [19:23] | Kind of intimidating. | |
| [19:25] | Little bit. | |
| [19:27] | You’ve got a big team, too. | |
| [19:29] | You just can’t see ’em. | |
| [19:38] | We’re right there with you, Zack. | |
| [19:40] | From lawyer to lawyer, you’re gonna kill it, kid. | |
| [19:43] | We’re here for you, Zack! | |
| [19:47] | Go get ’em. | |
| [19:49] | The town you live in is on fire. | |
| [19:51] | No water lines, no hydrants. | |
| [19:53] | Only way to stop the fire is for everyone in town | |
| [19:55] | to form a human train | |
| [19:56] | and pass buckets of water from person to person. | |
| [19:59] | Finally, the fire’s put out, | |
| [20:01] | but three of your neighbors complain that, | |
| [20:03] | while they were part of the human train, | |
| [20:05] | people dropped buckets of water on their feet, | |
| [20:07] | and now they have broken toes. | |
| [20:10] | They’re suing the town. | |
| [20:12] | What do you think? | |
| [20:13] | About…? | |
| [20:14] | About the three people. | |
| [20:15] | I know where you’re going, and… | |
| [20:18] | And…? | |
| [20:20] | I think it’s a ridiculous story. | |
| [20:22] | We move to strike this juror, Your Honor. | |
| [20:25] | Who would you say are some of your favorite sports teams? | |
| [20:27] | Favorite? | |
| [20:28] | Well, for baseball, I like the Yankees. | |
| [20:30] | Football, Cowboys. And for basketball, | |
| [20:32] | I’m a Golden State guy. | |
| [20:34] | Good God. | |
| [20:35] | This guy’s never met a Goliath he didn’t like. | |
| [20:37] | He won’t be happy until the underdog is spayed and neutered. | |
| [20:41] | We move to strike, Your Honor. | |
| [20:43] | So, who’s next? | |
| [20:44] | Juror 43. | |
| [20:46] | Her name is Madeline Fox. | |
| [20:47] | She’s 29. | |
| [20:49] | She’s a project manager, | |
| [20:51] | and she works in software development. | |
| [20:53] | A management position? | |
| [20:54] | In a typically maledominated field. | |
| [20:57] | She might be someone who can potentially lead a room. | |
| [20:59] | Jury forewoman material. We like that. | |
| [21:01] | And she just filed for divorce. | |
| [21:04] | Infidelity? | |
| [21:06] | Cable says yes. | |
| [21:08] | Him or her? | |
| [21:10] | I just got a nonverbal “him.” | |
| [21:11] | Excellent. | |
| [21:13] | Woman’s already of a mind that the world | |
| [21:14] | and its institutions are corrupt, | |
| [21:16] | that vows and promises are worthless. | |
| [21:18] | Shouldn’t be hard to convince her that Warwick is | |
| [21:20] | just one more in a line of big institutions | |
| [21:23] | built to let people down. | |
| [21:25] | Do you have any questions for this juror? | |
| [21:29] | No, Your Honor. | |
| [21:30] | We find this juror acceptable. | |
| [21:32] | Mr. Dunn? | |
| [21:33] | We, too, | |
| [21:34] | accept this juror, Your Honor. | |
| [21:36] | Good. We’ll begin | |
| [21:38] | tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m. | |
| [21:47] | That was weird. | |
| [21:49] | They seemed almost as happy to have that last juror as we did. | |
| [21:50] | I know. | |
| [21:53] | Something’s wrong. | |
| [21:59] | I need to know why the other side’s okay with that juror. | |
| [22:02] | Just doesn’t make any sense. | |
| [22:03] | I don’t know what to tell you, Bull. | |
| [22:05] | She’s an introvert. She’s antibig business. | |
| [22:06] | There’s nothing in her motivational matrix | |
| [22:08] | that would seem to make her attractive to the defense. | |
| [22:10] | Which means we don’t fully understand their strategy. | |
| [22:14] | Maybe I put too much weight on the juror’s divorce. | |
| [22:17] | I thought for sure we could use her anger | |
| [22:18] | at her exhusband’s cheating and channel it towards Warwick. | |
| [22:23] | – What am I missing? – Just a thought, | |
| [22:25] | but maybe they like her for the same reasons we do. | |
| [22:27] | I don’t follow that at all. | |
| [22:29] | Well, maybe they think that someone on our side is cheating, | |
| [22:31] | being less than truthful. | |
| [22:35] | No, that’s crazy. Who’s cheating? | |
| [22:36] | Who’s being less than truthful? | |
| [22:38] | I swear, I can vouch for every plaintiff. I can vouch | |
| [22:40] | – for every witness. – I can, too. | |
| [22:41] | Be that as it may, | |
| [22:43] | here’s what we need to do. | |
| [22:45] | I want everyone at TAC | |
| [22:46] | to doublecheck everyone on our side. | |
| [22:48] | The whistleblower, the expert witnesses… everyone. | |
| [22:51] | Look, I’m not sure Benny’s right, | |
| [22:53] | but it’s the most plausible explanation I’ve heard. | |
| [22:56] | Look for any inconsistencies, | |
| [22:58] | anything that can be painted as a lie. | |
| [23:00] | And I need it done tonight. | |
| [23:02] | Okay. | |
| [23:04] | I think we should shake things up, | |
| [23:06] | do anything we can to throw the other side offbalance. | |
| [23:10] | Tomorrow, in court, let’s lead | |
| [23:11] | with the victims. | |
| [23:13] | Save our whistleblowers and expert witnesses for last. | |
| [23:27] | If I had known | |
| [23:28] | that making breakfast was part of the package, | |
| [23:30] | I might have followed you to that college. | |
| [23:38] | Okay. | |
| [23:39] | Here’s something you don’t know. | |
| [23:41] | Those 16 times I came by your house that summer | |
| [23:44] | to say goodbye, | |
| [23:47] | what I really wanted to do was get you to run away with me, | |
| [23:51] | make a baby with me, | |
| [23:53] | live over a store with me in some town where nobody knew us. | |
| [23:58] | I was completely prepared to get a job at a gas station | |
| [24:00] | or a pizza parlor… whatever it took. | |
| [24:03] | But college… | |
| [24:07] | was this thing I was supposed to do. | |
| [24:12] | You were this thing I had to do. | |
| [24:15] | Every Bruce Springsteen song I ever heard | |
| [24:18] | told me that was true. | |
| [24:23] | I just couldn’t get the words to come out of my mouth. | |
| [24:28] | You’re forgiven. | |
| [24:31] | That was a long time ago. | |
| [24:37] | God. | |
| [24:39] | What are you doing up so early? | |
| [24:41] | Well, I’m glad you asked. | |
| [24:45] | I got a call. | |
| [24:46] | From someone who works for me. | |
| [24:50] | They think they know what the defense has up their sleeves, | |
| [24:53] | who the cheater is. | |
| [24:54] | Well, fantastic. Who? | |
| [24:56] | They think it’s you. | |
| [24:59] | I got an email with a copy | |
| [25:00] | of your greatgrandfather’s death certificate. | |
| [25:03] | Okay… | |
| [25:05] | You aware that he died of lung cancer? | |
| [25:08] | 1939. Houston Plaza Hospital. | |
| [25:11] | I don’t think I even remember | |
| [25:13] | the guy’s first name. The man | |
| [25:15] | had died over 30 years before I was even born. | |
| [25:19] | The problem is, on your insurance application, | |
| [25:20] | you indicate no history of cancer in your family. | |
| [25:24] | And that matters why? | |
| [25:27] | II mean, I wasn’t lying. | |
| [25:29] | II forgot. | |
| [25:30] | If I even ever knew. | |
| [25:31] | It’s not like I have lung cancer. | |
| [25:33] | I have kidney cancer. | |
| [25:34] | Allison, I believe you. | |
| [25:37] | But the defense, if they get you on the stand, | |
| [25:39] | they will use that and they will tear you apart. | |
| [25:46] | You’re not gonna let me testify. | |
| [25:47] | No. That’s not what I’m saying. | |
| [25:49] | I’m just not gonna put you on the stand | |
| [25:51] | and give them that opportunity. | |
| [25:53] | Now, if they want to question you, they can call you. | |
| [25:56] | But that’ll take a couple of days, | |
| [25:57] | and… we can figure out | |
| [25:59] | what they’re doing, where they’re going. | |
| [26:02] | And what if they don’t call me? | |
| [26:11] | Allison, | |
| [26:13] | whatever you’re gonna say… | |
| [26:14] | Don’t say it doesn’t matter. | |
| [26:17] | You got to make your little “Born to Run” speech to me. | |
| [26:20] | I don’t get to give one to them? | |
| [26:22] | To the jackals who took my husband? | |
| [26:26] | Telling him he had to make his numbers, | |
| [26:27] | even during a blizzard. | |
| [26:29] | To the greedy pigs who dumped poison in my water. | |
| [26:35] | I don’t get my turn? | |
| [26:39] | You’re not gonna be dead in 12 to 16 months. | |
| [26:47] | What’d you say to my mom? | |
| [26:49] | I told her that life… | |
| [26:53] | court… isn’t fair. | |
| [26:57] | You don’t think she knows that? | |
| [27:00] | I told her we weren’t gonna put her on the stand. | |
| [27:02] | I wish you hadn’t done that. | |
| [27:04] | Why? Were you gonna tell her? | |
| [27:09] | People are entrusting you with their futures, | |
| [27:13] | their family’s futures. | |
| [27:14] | They’ve got to count on the fact | |
| [27:16] | that you will do the hard things, the tough things. | |
| [27:19] | Even though it’s | |
| [27:20] | no fun. | |
| [27:24] | Aren’t you glad you asked? | |
| [27:27] | Mr. Burnam. | |
| [27:29] | – Your first witness. – Yes, Your Honor. | |
| [27:31] | The plaintiffs would like to call Brian McCannon. | |
| [27:36] | Morning, Brian. | |
| [27:38] | How you feeling? | |
| [27:39] | Today’s a good day. | |
| [27:41] | I get both kinds, but today’s a good one. | |
| [27:44] | That’s great to hear. | |
| [27:45] | Now, you live on land | |
| [27:46] | that has its own well, do you not? | |
| [27:48] | I sure do. | |
| [27:49] | Quarter mile from the factory. | |
| [27:51] | And speaking of bad days, you’ve been sick a lot lately, | |
| [27:54] | – haven’t you? – Yes. | |
| [27:56] | Just over the past year. | |
| [27:58] | And what were your initial symptoms? | |
| [28:00] | Well, truth be told, I hadn’t felt well for a while, | |
| [28:02] | but it wasn’t until my first seizure | |
| [28:04] | that I realized something was very wrong. | |
| [28:06] | You want to tell us what happened? | |
| [28:08] | I was grocery shopping. | |
| [28:11] | Standing in the bread aisle, and I just picked up | |
| [28:13] | a loaf of white bread, | |
| [28:15] | and I was gonna put it in my cart | |
| [28:17] | – when I felt this thing. – I know you can’t see it, | |
| [28:20] | but our lady’s leaning in. | |
| [28:22] | I thought there was maybe an earthquake. | |
| [28:24] | Series of explosions, | |
| [28:25] | vibrations or something. | |
| [28:29] | And then I realized | |
| [28:30] | it was me. | |
| [28:32] | I was vibrating. I was shaking. | |
| [28:34] | My hand. The bread. | |
| [28:38] | And I remember just kind of deciding, | |
| [28:42] | I’m gonna sit right down here | |
| [28:43] | on the floor of this grocery store | |
| [28:45] | until whatever this is passes. | |
| [28:47] | And I started to bend down to do that, | |
| [28:49] | and I somehow must have hit my head on the floor. | |
| [28:51] | And they called 911. | |
| [28:53] | Bull, can you hear me? | |
| [28:54] | Danny, what is it? I’m kind of busy. | |
| [28:56] | Bull, you need to call for a recess. | |
| [28:58] | Whatever you do, do not let the other side | |
| [29:00] | – crossexamine. – And that’s when Dr. Cartwright started | |
| [29:02] | the battery of tests. | |
| [29:03] | What kind of tests? | |
| [29:05] | A bunch on me, and a bunch on my water. | |
| [29:07] | And what did they reveal? | |
| [29:08] | That my water was sick and that I was sicker. | |
| [29:12] | You can read it all for yourself. | |
| [29:14] | It’s all there in black and white. | |
| [29:17] | Your witness. | |
| [29:18] | Your Honor, we’d like to call for a recess. | |
| [29:19] | What? | |
| [29:20] | I’m confused. | |
| [29:22] | Are you the attorney of record? | |
| [29:24] | No, Mr. Burnam is. | |
| [29:25] | And can’t you speak for yourself? | |
| [29:27] | Yeah, of course I can. | |
| [29:32] | The plaintiffs would like to request | |
| [29:33] | a short recess. | |
| [29:34] | Request denied. | |
| [29:36] | We’ve barely gotten started here. | |
| [29:38] | Mr. Dunn, would you like | |
| [29:39] | to crossexamine this witness? | |
| [29:41] | I certainly would. | |
| [29:51] | Mr. McCannon… | |
| [29:52] | Just… | |
| [29:55] | I’d like to ask a few questions | |
| [29:57] | about your physician, | |
| [29:58] | Dr. Wallace Cartwright. | |
| [30:02] | Okay, sure. | |
| [30:04] | How long has Dr. Cartwright been your primary care physician? | |
| [30:07] | At least a couple years. | |
| [30:10] | Our records say 22 months. | |
| [30:13] | Whatever. | |
| [30:15] | But you wouldn’t take issue | |
| [30:16] | with the fact that he became your doctor after news | |
| [30:20] | of the lawsuit was on TV? | |
| [30:22] | The Internet? In the papers? | |
| [30:24] | Objection. Relevance. | |
| [30:25] | Seriously? | |
| [30:32] | No, I wouldn’t take issue with that. | |
| [30:37] | Now, isn’t Dr. Cartwright also a… | |
| [30:40] | personal friend of yours? | |
| [30:42] | Someone you grew up with? | |
| [30:43] | Again, Your Honor. Relevance. | |
| [30:46] | I guarantee you, | |
| [30:47] | there’s abundant relevance, Your Honor. | |
| [30:50] | Overruled. | |
| [30:51] | The defense believes this witness, | |
| [30:53] | with the help of his friend, | |
| [30:54] | has falsified his medical record | |
| [30:56] | in order to profit from this lawsuit. | |
| [30:59] | And to prove it, we would happily pay | |
| [31:01] | for an independent exam | |
| [31:03] | from a mutually agreed upon physician. | |
| [31:06] | Mr. McCannon… | |
| [31:08] | would you be open to such an exam? | |
| [31:13] | WWhat do I do? Do I object? | |
| [31:14] | What’s the point? | |
| [31:16] | Look at her. She’s already made up her mind. | |
| [31:19] | She knows a liar | |
| [31:20] | and a cheat when she sees one. | |
| [31:28] | Dr. Bull, maybe it’s not as bad as you think. | |
| [31:31] | Zack, I appreciate you’ve never done this before, | |
| [31:33] | but believe me when I tell you, | |
| [31:35] | it’s absolutely as bad as I think. | |
| [31:38] | – Really? – Really. | |
| [31:40] | This case revolves around one juror. | |
| [31:44] | One. | |
| [31:45] | And right now she thinks that Brian | |
| [31:48] | and, by association, your clients… | |
| [31:50] | all of them… are liars and cheats, | |
| [31:53] | just like the man she used to call her husband. | |
| [31:56] | But the defense can’t prove that Brian or his doctor | |
| [31:59] | actually falsified those records. | |
| [32:01] | Only that he won’t agree to take another exam. | |
| [32:03] | And you don’t find that damning? | |
| [32:07] | So what do we do now? | |
| [32:08] | You know the answer to that. | |
| [32:10] | We have to cut him loose. | |
| [32:13] | We’re okay here… | |
| [32:14] | And we have to let that jury… | |
| [32:16] | and particularly that juror… | |
| [32:18] | know that we find that kind of dishonesty | |
| [32:21] | even more repugnant than she does. | |
| [32:23] | – And what do we say to Brian? – I don’t know. | |
| [32:25] | How about, “Thanks for screwing up our case.” | |
| [32:28] | Or “I really liked the supermarket story”, | |
| [32:31] | but how about if you’re sick the next time you use it?” | |
| [32:34] | I’ve got one. | |
| [32:36] | “You still have to pay us.” | |
| [32:38] | We’ll pick and choose, mix and match, | |
| [32:39] | but it’ll be one of those. | |
| [32:41] | I can do this. | |
| [32:42] | The hard stuff, the tough stuff. | |
| [32:47] | I’ll do it. | |
| [32:54] | Hey, um… | |
| [33:15] | Can Ally come out and play? | |
| [33:18] | I don’t think that’s wise. | |
| [33:20] | I’ll be your best friend. | |
| [33:21] | – Jason… – Allison… | |
| [33:23] | – No. – Okay. | |
| [33:24] | I’m coming up. | |
| [33:25] | What? | |
| [33:26] | No, stop it. | |
| [33:28] | Okay. | |
| [33:29] | I’m coming down, damn it. | |
| [33:30] | Just give me a minute. | |
| [33:35] | I know I was the one | |
| [33:36] | who said you shouldn’t, | |
| [33:38] | but I’d like you to testify. | |
| [33:40] | Tomorrow. | |
| [33:42] | First thing. | |
| [33:45] | Something really bad must have happened today. | |
| [33:48] | I was wrong about who they thought cheated. | |
| [33:51] | Your son handled it masterfully, by the way. | |
| [33:55] | We’re gonna lose, aren’t we? | |
| [33:57] | There’s no way you would let me anywhere near that stand | |
| [34:00] | if you thought we had a shot at winning. | |
| [34:04] | I don’t know what’s gonna happen. | |
| [34:06] | I know we have our experts, they have their experts, | |
| [34:08] | but the bottom line is we can’t prove what they did | |
| [34:11] | caused what happened to you and your neighbors. | |
| [34:14] | And they can’t prove it didn’t. | |
| [34:16] | The chemicals they used aren’t illegal, | |
| [34:18] | although the way they disposed of them was reckless, | |
| [34:20] | which means it all comes down to what a jury thinks. | |
| [34:23] | And right now that jury thinks | |
| [34:25] | that we are not shooting straight with them. | |
| [34:28] | And I would like to know | |
| [34:30] | that somebody got something that they wanted | |
| [34:32] | out of this. | |
| [34:33] | So, as a favor to me… | |
| [34:36] | if you’re not doing anything… | |
| [34:38] | happen to be in the neighborhood… | |
| [34:40] | don’t have an issue putting your hand on a Bible… | |
| [34:43] | would you mind speaking your piece | |
| [34:45] | in court? | |
| [34:49] | Call your witness, Mr. Burnam. | |
| [34:51] | The plaintiffs would like to call Allison Burnam. | |
| [35:02] | Hey, Mom. | |
| [35:04] | Hey, kiddo. | |
| [35:09] | How long have you lived in Danville? | |
| [35:12] | Over a quartercentury. | |
| [35:15] | Virtually my entire adult life. | |
| [35:18] | And what brought you here? | |
| [35:19] | Warwick Furniture Manufacturing. | |
| [35:21] | My husband… we were newlyweds… | |
| [35:24] | got a job with Warwick as a salesman. | |
| [35:27] | And your husband… | |
| [35:29] | my father… | |
| [35:30] | is no longer with us, correct? | |
| [35:33] | He died in 2004. | |
| [35:35] | He was driving up to Buffalo on a sales call. | |
| [35:38] | There was a blizzard | |
| [35:39] | and a bad traffic accident on the thruway. | |
| [35:42] | 11 cars… | |
| [35:44] | So given all that time, and all that you’ve been through… | |
| [35:48] | all that you’re going through now, | |
| [35:51] | you must have some strong feelings | |
| [35:53] | about Danville and Warwick. | |
| [35:55] | I do. | |
| [35:57] | Objection. Relevance. | |
| [35:59] | Objection overruled. | |
| [36:01] | Please continue. | |
| [36:03] | You were saying… | |
| [36:07] | I love Danville. | |
| [36:11] | You were born here. | |
| [36:14] | Our house is here. | |
| [36:17] | We had all those Halloweens, | |
| [36:20] | all those… everything’s. | |
| [36:25] | Magical things happen in this town. | |
| [36:28] | I even had an old boyfriend | |
| [36:30] | show up out of the blue to try and help me today. | |
| [36:37] | And how do you feel about Warwick? | |
| [36:39] | Objection, Your Honor. | |
| [36:40] | What possible relevance could the plaintiff’s feelings | |
| [36:44] | – for the defendant have? – Counselor. | |
| [36:46] | Sit down and be quiet. | |
| [36:49] | You were saying. | |
| [36:51] | Warwick… | |
| [36:53] | I am… | |
| [36:56] | so grateful to them, | |
| [36:58] | for so many things. | |
| [37:00] | You listening to this? | |
| [37:02] | Did you prep her? | |
| [37:03] | Tell her what to say? | |
| [37:04] | No. | |
| [37:06] | It’s all her. | |
| [37:07] | So explain this to me. | |
| [37:09] | You have kidney cancer. | |
| [37:11] | You lost your husband. This trial today | |
| [37:14] | has wiped you out financially. | |
| [37:16] | And yet you’re saying you’re grateful? | |
| [37:19] | I’m not grateful for the cancer, of course. | |
| [37:22] | And I would trade… anything | |
| [37:27] | to have my husband back. | |
| [37:31] | And there are days when I’m really bitter. | |
| [37:35] | But… I know, in my heart, | |
| [37:39] | that Warwick didn’t put the ice on the highway | |
| [37:43] | that made my husband’s car hit the car in front of him. | |
| [37:47] | They pushed him to sell, sure. | |
| [37:49] | But he was a big boy and he would have pushed back | |
| [37:52] | if he wanted to. | |
| [37:55] | He loved his job. | |
| [37:58] | And that’s the reason he was on the road that day. | |
| [38:01] | That’s the reason we lived here. | |
| [38:03] | It’s the reason we’re all here today. | |
| [38:10] | As far as the cancer… | |
| [38:14] | I know that no one put poison in the ground | |
| [38:18] | knowing that it would do this. | |
| [38:20] | They couldn’t have. | |
| [38:22] | They’re my friends, they’re my neighbors. | |
| [38:24] | And I know that the company stopped doing it | |
| [38:26] | as soon as they realized that it was seeping into the wells. | |
| [38:30] | So if you’re okay with everything, | |
| [38:33] | why are we here? | |
| [38:37] | I guess we’re here because | |
| [38:40] | when bad things started happening | |
| [38:42] | to the people who depended on that water, | |
| [38:44] | and we went to Warwick for help, | |
| [38:47] | instead of saying, “How can we help you?” | |
| [38:52] | they said, “Prove it.” | |
| [38:54] | And I think | |
| [38:56] | we were all just… stunned. | |
| [39:00] | It was as if our friends, | |
| [39:03] | our neighbors… | |
| [39:05] | our town no longer cared for us. | |
| [39:08] | This town is Warwick. | |
| [39:12] | I mean, if my dog got out of my backyard | |
| [39:15] | and bit the little boy who lives next door to me, | |
| [39:19] | I would run over there and I would say, | |
| [39:21] | “What can I do to help? | |
| [39:22] | “Can I drive you to the hospital? | |
| [39:23] | Can I pay for the doctor?” | |
| [39:24] | I wouldn’t say, “Those don’t look” | |
| [39:26] | like my dog’s teeth marks.” | |
| [39:28] | And how much did you and the others ask for? | |
| [39:30] | Enough to cover our medical bills and time lost from work. | |
| [39:34] | And also that they repipe our wells | |
| [39:37] | to a safe water source. | |
| [39:38] | And how much did they offer? | |
| [39:40] | Nothing, as far as the wells go. | |
| [39:43] | And about a tenth of the money we needed to be made whole. | |
| [39:50] | And still… you’re not mad? | |
| [39:55] | I have my moments, | |
| [39:57] | but… no. | |
| [40:00] | It would be like being mad at myself. | |
| [40:05] | If that makes any sense. | |
| [40:07] | It does to me. | |
| [40:13] | No further questions. | |
| [40:16] | Is the defense prepared to cross? | |
| [40:18] | Absolutely, Your Honor, if I could just beg | |
| [40:22] | the court’s indulgence for a brief recess. | |
| [40:25] | We’ll take a 15minute recess. | |
| [40:35] | That was amazing. | |
| [40:37] | Thank you. | |
| [40:40] | Did I just just make a total fool out of myself up there? | |
| [40:43] | Not even close, Mom. | |
| [40:46] | How you feeling? | |
| [40:48] | Pretty good. | |
| [40:49] | Thanks for making it happen. | |
| [40:57] | If you folks will excuse me for a moment… | |
| [41:03] | – Thank you, sweetie. – Yeah, of course. | |
| [41:12] | 20 times our original offer. | |
| [41:15] | And we’ll take care of the piping. | |
| [41:17] | Let’s just end this now. | |
| [41:20] | That’s very generous. | |
| [41:24] | You have to get her her house back from the bank. | |
| [41:27] | In fact, for all her pain and suffering, | |
| [41:29] | you have to pay it off. | |
| [41:35] | Come on. I’m doing your work here. | |
| [41:38] | Trying to keep you out of court. | |
| [41:41] | Done. | |
| [41:55] | Hey, you guys wait out here. | |
| [41:57] | I’ll go and get my mom and Dr. Bull. | |
| [41:58] | Um, but give me a minute. | |
| [42:00] | She might be resting. | |
| [42:28] | She coming out? | |
| [42:30] | No. I don’t, I don’t think so. | |
| [42:32] | Um, she’s kind of down for the count. | |
| [42:35] | And Dr. Bull? | |
| [42:36] | Him, too. | |
| [42:38] | But I’m thinking picnic in the park! |