Judge Lipitt Observation
I go into Judge Lippitt’s courtroom knowing that it is going to be the same trial I was observing my first day but that I had missed a trial day. I still knew the big picture of the case so it was interesting to see it continue. The trial started off with expert witnesses the first one was called by the defense counsel. The expert witness was a doctor the defense counsel first asked him questions to establish the credibility of the witness. The defense counsel then asked his witness if he looked at the plaintiffs’ MRI and x-rays and he said yes. Then, the defense council continued asking if the expert found anything when looking at the plaintiffs’ physicians image examination he used the term “degenerate findings”. The expert reviewed the x-rays
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Then the plaintiff lawyer in charge of questioning him said if he charged $850 and hour and he said yes. He then asked the witness how many times has he worked for the defendant’s counsel and he said probably two dozen times. The plaintiffs counsel additionally made aware to the jury by questioning the witness that 2 out of 36 times he works for the defense side. The plaintiff proceeded by asking him if the witness if he new the medical code of ethics specifically a section that says that doctors cannot be and advocate of the law and the expert said not word by word but denied to being an advocate of the law. A few other details where exposed during the wtness cross examination that the witnessed was retained for a long time by other firms and that he has never physically seen or talked to the plaintiff. After, the plaintiffs’ counsel asked if he has ever seen the plaintiff he then followed up with saying that if he ha not seen her he is not aware of her pain and the witness thought the defendant objected but he hadn’t. The expert witness when put under pressure by the plaintiff’s counsel was just attempting to make eye contact with the defendant to see if he would object. After some other questioning the plaintiff ends his questioning with asking if he would deny that bulging disk cause pain and he said
Then the plaintiff lawyer in charge of questioning him said if he charged $850 and hour and he said yes. He then asked the witness how many times has he worked for the defendant’s counsel and he said probably two dozen times. The plaintiffs counsel additionally made aware to the jury by questioning the witness that 2 out of 36 times he works for the defense side. The plaintiff proceeded by asking him if the witness if he new the medical code of ethics specifically a section that says that doctors cannot be and advocate of the law and the expert said not word by word but denied to being an advocate of the law. A few other details where exposed during the wtness cross examination that the witnessed was retained for a long time by other firms and that he has never physically seen or talked to the plaintiff. After, the plaintiffs’ counsel asked if he has ever seen the plaintiff he then followed up with saying that if he ha not seen her he is not aware of her pain and the witness thought the defendant objected but he hadn’t. The expert witness when put under pressure by the plaintiff’s counsel was just attempting to make eye contact with the defendant to see if he would object. After some other questioning the plaintiff ends his questioning with asking if he would deny that bulging disk cause pain and he said