“Your Honor, I distinctly heard someone at Mr. Thompson’s table say the word “cheeses”.”
I thought I’d mumbled it under my breath. Apparently not. It was a bench trial and there was no jury so things had gotten a little loose after a day or two of everyone getting comfortable with one another. Maybe too comfortable. My decorum guard was down and the carrier’s attorney had gotten mind-numbingly rote in his approach to the evidence and I confess to becoming a little exasperated.
The judge had to pipe in: “Mr. Thompson: did you say the word ‘cheeses’?”
Me: “No, your Honor. I did not say the word ‘cheeses’.” Which was completely true. I sat for a moment with my head down, dreading the question that obviously came next. It never did. Thankfully.
I was reminded of that episode during the insurance coverage trial for the doctor who killed little Bethany Morris when I saw the news report of this from a widely televised celebrity trial:
Video of Amber Heard’s trial lawyer objecting to his own question in front of the jury
