I started working for my father sweeping the beam house floors for my father which he...
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John Riley:
[during his deposition in Jan's office]
I started working for my father sweeping the beam house floors for my father which he swept for his father when he was seven years old which my boys swept when they were seven years old...
Jan Schlichtmann:
[interrupts him]
Please answer the question I asked and not one I didn't. Silicon and trichloroethylene mixed together are used to waterproof leather, are they not?
John Riley:
[pours a glass of water on the conference table]
Jan Schlichtmann:
Let the record show the witness has emptied a glass of water on the table. Mr. Riley, what do you intend to say by pouring a glass of water on my conference table?
John Riley:
This is how silicon is applied to leather to waterproof it. I'm answering your question.
Jan Schlichtmann:
It's poured on. Some of it must spill off on to the floor, like the water spilling off the conference table and on to my rug. That's the part I'm interested in. How was the silicon and trichlorethylene cleaned up?
John Riley:
We never used TCE.
Jan Schlichtmann:
"TCE"? I didn't say "TCE". I said "trichlorethylene". You said "TCE", as it commonly known to those who use it. Mr. Riley, do you mind if we check your purchase orders, receipts, ect?
John Riley:
Be my guest. We have those records going back three years. Everything else, we dumped.
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You poured water on my table
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Yeah Correct
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So then some of it must spill off the leather
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like the water spilling off my table
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And onto my rug
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That's the part I'm interested in
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The spilled silicone and trichloroethylene sir
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How you disposed of that
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I never once used TCE TCE
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Did I say TCE
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I didn't say TCE
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I said trichloroethylene
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You said TCE
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as it is commonly known
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to those who know it
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Mr Riley you wouldn't mind if I checked your statements today
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against your office records would you
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Your invoices purchase orders and formulas huh
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No Be my guest
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They go back three years
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Everything before that we dumped
Clip duration: 67 seconds
Views: 241
Timestamp in movie: 00h 38m 43s
Uploaded: 23 November, 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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04:40 I've never waited in a corridor for a verdict
00:21 When you say it's over
01:33 Our contingency fee is
00:34 The odds of a plaintiff's lawyer winning in court
00:24 Schlichtmann Conway and Crowley
00:17 What's your take They'll see the truth
00:45 A dead adult in his 20s is worth less than a middle aged one
00:25 The appeals process is even more Byzantine
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