Testimony started yesterday late in the afternoon. First up was a medical/legal expert who described the injured woman’s disability. As with most experts he was questioned about his relationship with the law firm that hired him for his testimony. Routinely experts are asked how much they make per year testifying in Court and which side they usually work for.
Today the first witness was the nurse who initially noticed the excessive blood on the sheets when the patient first returned to her room from the post op area. He described her becoming increasingly agitated as her airway became constricted. The last witness for today (we only go a half a day on Thursday) is a Doctor who is describing the woman’s current condition and what her needs in the future are likely to be.
The incoherent juror who got selected is an interesting character. Yesterday, during the trial, he was chewing and chewing on what looked like his cud. This morning before we started he just came walking into the Courtroom having had forgotten where he was supposed to go. That sounds innocent enough but if the attorneys had been talking about something they didn’t want jurors to hear we would have lost another juror. Right now he is just sitting there slack jawed. He doesn’t take notes and it is hard to tell if he is even paying attention.
Despite the presence of a note taking reporter the trial did not make into the newspaper...
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