Class Action Page #5

and you used Mom!

Goddamned hypocrite.

How dare you question my behavior?

You, whose claim to fame is being

one of Quinn Califan's young Nazis.

My clients don't blow their brains out.

- If your mother could hear you now...

- She can't, can she?

She got outta here. Wherever she is, she's

gotta be happier than when she was with you.

So, finally... words fail

the great Jedediah Tucker Ward.

You get...

Maggie!

Maggie.

I heard you were having dinner with

your father. I figured you could use a friend.

Oh, Michael.

Mr Quinn is ready for you.

Thank you, Sally.

Maggie. Come in.

Thank you.

- How are you?

- Fine, thank you, sir.

- You look tired.

- No, well, I'm fine.

When my mother died... Well, I know

how long it can take to get over.

- With the workload you're carrying...

- I'll manage.

I want to believe that.

But in looking over this transcript,

I'm worried about

the Steven Kellen deposition.

No. It's all completely under control.

He's wearing down.

If he gets into court in that wheelchair

with this story, he'll be far too sympathetic.

- I understand that, Mr Quinn.

- I can't put this in strong enough terms.

I want him eliminated

as an effective witness.

Yes, sir.

- Are you prepared to do that?

- Absolutely.

Then you won't mind if I sit in?

No. No.

Great.

Now, Mr Kellen, when the paramedics

were pulling you out of the vehicle,

how did it feel to be on fire?

For Godsakes,

you just asked me that question.

No, sir, I believe I asked you

if you remembered being on fire.

And I asked you,

when did you know you were on fire?

And now I'm asking,

how did it feel to be on fire?

It was...

Maggie, I'm warning you,

we are already halfway out the door here.

Mr Kellen, were you ever a patient

of a Dr Maxwell Chastain?

Maybe. So?

Yes or no, please.

Yes.

Is Dr Chastain a psychologist

specializing in car phobias?

- Is he, Mr Kellen?

- Yes.

As I understand it, a car phobia

means you're afraid of driving. True?

It's not as simple as that.

What's not simple?

Whether it's true or it's false?

I guess it's true.

Which makes you cautious,

maybe too cautious?

- Objection. Argumentative.

- Noted.

The car blew up.

How can you be too cautious?

Technically, it burst into flames.

Prior to the accident, how many times

have you been cited for driving too slow?

- Twice.

- Are you sure it wasn't three times?

Here we have December of '81,

August of '83, then again in October.

Objection. This is beyond the scope...

Have you had any other accidents

in the last five years?

- Don't answer that.

- If he doesn't, he answers in front of ajury.

Look, they weren't my fault.

Other people hit me.

- I wonder why.

- Do you really?

- Do you even care what happened?

- I know what happened, Mr Kellen.

Oh, my God.

Oh, no, no. My God.

And so do you.

I don't believe this, I don't believe this.

We're out of here. Come on.

Who the hell do you think you are?

This wasn't my fault.

- This deposition is finished.

- Are you f***ing human?

Do you care, Miss Ward, about anybody?

Nick, please.

Nice pictures. Real nice.

What's a good set of 8"x 10"s cost

these days? 10, 15 bucks?

This is important, Fred.

What's the going rate

for a man's dignity, huh?

You stole his wife, his kid, his body.

Now I guess you spend another 10 or 15

dollars and get the whole package?

That's what this is about, money. He's after

your money and you're out to protect it.

Well, you hold onto it real tight

because without a heart and soul,

that's all you'll ever have.

Jed, we have angles like this

on all your people.

Bottom line, you don't want to try this case.

Kellen had me out there,

buck naked in a hailstorm.

I need better information from you.

We got four weeks before the trial.

- 242 people worked on the design of that car.

- I know this.

So there are 242 chances

for you people to do something right.

- Most of them don't wanna talk with us.

- That's just excuses.

Hold on a second. You always go on about

the great David and Goliath cases.

It seems you've forgotten

how hard the David work is.

We have worked very hard. If you cannot

see that, maybe we aren't the problem here.

What do you think?

It needs something.

Olive.

Overstated.

- I'm Ray.

- I'm Maggie.

Maggie. What do you do?

Me?

I'm a professional killer.

- Do you like your work?

- Yes and no.

See, it's long hours.

And there's a lot of stress.

But when you finally put your head

on the pillow at night,

there's this warm feeling

you get from knowing

you tore at least

one person's heart out that day.

I'm a lawyer.

I think you've had enough.

Ray, there's never enough.

Yeah, but my question is, do they count

their time in bed together as billable hours?

Sure. At Grazier's rate.

Maggie's the associate

so I assume she does all the work.

- Especially the oral argument.

- What about oral arguments?

It's just a case we heard about.

Drilling rights.

Maggie, you didn't go home

last night, did you?

It's a month before trial.

The list of people that worked on

the Meridian, wasn't there a Pavel?

Yeah, he was one of

the research guys. Why?

It's just a weird thing in Getchell's file.

A commendation letter to Getchell,

from Flannery who was the CEO back then.

Blah blah blah, usual hype. Then it says

"Please accept my gratitude and thanks

for keeping Pavel and the Meridian

issue in the family. "

It's signed at the beginning

of the 1985 model year.

So?

So, what "issue"?

Could be something.

I wanna talk to him.

Thank you.

Do you want a rabbit?

They are the best ones.

I even got them toilet trained.

- Dr Pavel?

- Yes?

I'm Margaret Ward. My law firm was in

contact with you and said I'd be stopping by.

And?

I'd like to talk to you

about some research you did

while you were working

at Argo on the Meridian.

What Meridian?

A car. You did extensive research

on its electrical system.

It was project 0243.

I'm no longer good with numbers.

It was a 1985 model, station wagon,

and you said there were problems with it.

- The depth charge!

- Excuse me?

That's what I called it, the depth charge.

Herbert, stop flirting with the lady.

- Depth charge, sir, is...

- You want to know about the circuits.

Yeah, yeah. OK.

- I saved their ass on that one.

- Really? How?

- There was this guy. A hillbilly.

- Hillbilly?

- What's his name?

- You mean Getchell? George Getchell?

That's the one.

Getchell, that's the name.

He was your supervisor for 16 years.

16 years.

Just testing, testing, testing.

Did you know that whatshisname designed

the circuit and I was supposed to test it?

But he said "Alexander Pavel,

leave it alone. "

"We've already tooled up for it

on the assembly line. The circuit is OK."

That's what he said.

But I am a scientist.

I test it anyway on my own.

I like to mix things.

I like to see how things combine.

The circuit was OK...

until I started hitting the car

when the left-turn signal was flashing.

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