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Lawyers and Doctors
Lawyer: So, Doctor, you determined that a gunshot wound was the cause of death of the patient?
Doctor: That's correct.
Lawyer: Did you examine the patient when he came to the emergency room?
Doctor: No, I performed the autopsy.
Lawyer: OK, were you aware of his vital signs while he was at thehospital?
Doctor: He came into the emergency room in shock and died in the emergency room a short time after arriving.
Lawyer: Did you pronounce him dead at that time?
Doctor: No, I am the pathologist who performed the autopsy. I was not involved with the patient initially.
Lawyer: Well, are you even sure, then, that he died in the emergencyroom?
Doctor: That is what the records indicate.
Lawyer: But if you weren't there, how could you have pronounced him dead, having not seen or physically examined the patient at that time?
Doctor: The autopsy showed massive hemorrhage into the chest, and that was the cause of death.
Lawyer: I understand that, but you were not actually present to examine the patient and pronounce him dead, isn't that right?
Doctor: No, sir, I did not see the patient or actually pronounce him dead, but I did perform an autopsy and right now his brain is in a jar over at the county morgue. As for the rest of the patient, for all I know, he could be out practicing law somewhere.
Doctor: That's correct.
Lawyer: Did you examine the patient when he came to the emergency room?
Doctor: No, I performed the autopsy.
Lawyer: OK, were you aware of his vital signs while he was at thehospital?
Doctor: He came into the emergency room in shock and died in the emergency room a short time after arriving.
Lawyer: Did you pronounce him dead at that time?
Doctor: No, I am the pathologist who performed the autopsy. I was not involved with the patient initially.
Lawyer: Well, are you even sure, then, that he died in the emergencyroom?
Doctor: That is what the records indicate.
Lawyer: But if you weren't there, how could you have pronounced him dead, having not seen or physically examined the patient at that time?
Doctor: The autopsy showed massive hemorrhage into the chest, and that was the cause of death.
Lawyer: I understand that, but you were not actually present to examine the patient and pronounce him dead, isn't that right?
Doctor: No, sir, I did not see the patient or actually pronounce him dead, but I did perform an autopsy and right now his brain is in a jar over at the county morgue. As for the rest of the patient, for all I know, he could be out practicing law somewhere.
