The appeals process is even more byzantine than the trial it's appealing, takes longer,...
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Jan Schlichtmann:
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The appeals process is even more byzantine than the trial it's appealing, takes longer, costs more, it's outcome even less promising, only five cases in fifty will win an appeal, the odds are as easy to calculate as they are discouraging, they're ten to one against, just about any bet at any table at any casino anywhere in the world is better than that, I have the evidence but no longer the resources or the gambling spirit to appeal the decision in the Beatrice case, I have no money, no partners as far as I can tell, no clients anymore, the Woburn case has become what it was when it first came to me, an orphan, I'm forwarding it onto you and all its unwieldiness, even though I know you might not care to adopt any more than I did at first, if you decide to take it on, I hope you will be able to succeed where I have failed, if you calculate success and failure as I always have, in dollars and cents divided neatly into human suffering the arithmetic says I failed completely, what it doesn't say, if I could somehow go back, knowing what I know now, knowing where I'd end up if I got involved with these people, knowing all the numbers, all the odds, all the numbers, I'd do it again.
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The appeals process is even more Byzantine
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than the trial it's appealing
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It takes longer it costs more
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its outcome is even less promising
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Only five cases in 50 will win in appeals court
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odds as easy to calculate as they are discouraging
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They're 10 to 1 against
Clip duration: 25 seconds
Views: 123
Timestamp in movie: 01h 38m 40s
Uploaded: 02 April, 2022
Genres: drama
Summary: A tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving a major company responsible for causing several people to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career.
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00:16 Mrs Anderson you're looking at four guys who are broke
00:20 The single greatest liability for a lawyer is pride
00:27 25 million cash
00:35 Mrs Anderson our firm is very small just three attorneys
00:35 You know I'd make a point of taking an hour or so
00:21 Do me a favor Gordon Shut up
00:36 The intention here is to place me
00:10 I've never been here before so
00:14 Every credit card application we send we get more in the...
00:13 I can appreciate the theatrical value of dead kids
00:24 Jan every dollar we spend is a dollar we don't have
00:24 You want to get out and throw away 900 and what
00:30 This figure here this 100 an hour for Dr Cohen
00:33 Is that a gun What
00:17 The lawyer who shares his client's pain
00:35 There Now I can afford to pay you almost anything you ask
00:17 Personal injury law has a bad reputation
00:34 Lawsuits are war it's as simple as that
00:34 How's business It's good
00:37 This is the plan Start with scientific evidence