Script

Rough Draft, //Defense's// **//Opening Statement//** Amanda C: (When recounting the case, are we supposed to be accurate or try to bring out the facst the support us? I will choose the latter, because that makes more sense. This is going to make harder than I thought. No problem though, I'll finish soon.)

Introduction: Good afternoon. My name is Amanda C. My co-counsel include Paige K. and Tori W. We represent Dr. Lefu Harrison, President and CEO of SiLa Incorporated.

The case: Today, we are here to debate the case of Dr. Lefu Harisson and Simone Langston. Valentine's Day of 2009, Simone Langston was the victim of a hit and run accident, and she was rushed to the hospital. Simone survived, lucky to be alive. While she was unconcious, cells were taken from her body. Then, Simone was transferred to the onocology ward, where she was diagnosed with two types of cancer: lung and colon.On February 22nd, 2009, Dr. Harrison met Simone Langston for the first time. By then, Dr. Tabor Caget already had Simone Langston on his experimental chemotherapy. After Dr. Harrison revealed to Simone how special her SiLa cells were, how she would be able to save millions of lives, Simone was overjoyed. However, Simone's daughter/son, Avery, declined Dr. Harrison's propose, asking for a payment, and Bona Valentudo, Simone's religion, did not allow her to have anything taken from her body. Nevertheless, Dr. Harrison did not give up, and he began his attempts at stimulating the cells originally taken from Simone's body into an artificial growth cycle. The autoclave accidentally caught on fire during the stimulation, and the cells were useless. Dr. Harrison knew the fight against cancer could not end there, so he went to talk with Simone who was still in her hospital room. As Dr. Harrison explained his need for Simone's cells, Simone was clear headed and agreed to think about what he said. Dr. Harrison was still worried he would not be able to get the precious SiLa cells, so he sold everything he had and proposed $100,000 in exchange for the SiLa cells to Avery and Simone Langston. Avery declined again, asking for even more money. Dr. Harrison had not made much progress, so he researched Simone's religion. He talked with Nurse Gopi Anandganda, who was also a member of the Bona Valentudo Temple. Nurse Gopi understood Dr. Harrison's pure intentions and motivation to possibly discover the cure for cancer. On April 6th, Nurse Gopi informs Dr. Harrison that Simone has finally agreed to giving her cells to him. On April 11th, 2009, Dr. Harrison biopsied Simone Langston, attaining what he calls SiLa cells, cells that may lead to the cure for cancer. Dr. Harrison took extra steps to make sure Simone would understand the contract: Her morphine level was dropped, her Naloxone drip began, and Dr. Quincy Ebardiar was brought in apart from the hospital to perform an extra competency exam on Simone. Simone was passed by Ebaridar. Nurse Gopi Anandgana was present, witnessing the whole event, and Simone read the agreement, asked a few questions, and signed the contract. Dr. Harrison even had Avery Langston's permission; he recieved a Post-it note stating Avery would accept Dr. Harrison's offer for $200,000 dollars. Simone passed away peacefully the next day, knowing in her heart, she performed an ultimate act of //gerimondlan//, helping the world. However, the estate of Simone Langston has sued my client, Lefu Harrison, for medical battery, claiming that Lefu seemingly took Simone's SiLa cells without proper consent.

While the Plaintiff claims the consent was not legal, I have to press pause, and ask: What, exactly, did my client do wrong again? Dr. Lefu Harrison followed all the procedures for collecting Simone's cells. Simone is at peace, yet the slandering and accusations against my client have yet to end. Simone's wishes are finally being carried out; she plays a major part in saving millions of lives. We deeply express our sympathy for Avery's loss of her beloved mother, but clearly, Dr. Harrison did nothing wrong when attaining Simone's consent for biopsy. Dr. Ebardiar tested Simone on the MoCA competency test and passed her. Simone's morphine was completely dropped and she was put on Naloxone, a drug that counters the effects of morphine. Avery was properly compensated with a generous $200,000 check that she, herself, agreed to. Simone knew giving the cells would be an act of gerimondlan, not against the Temple's rules; she signed the contract saying, "Dear Lord, I know you will forgive me."

Dr. Lefu Harrison committed no crime. Ladies and gentleman of the jury, I am asking you to look at the facts laid out in front of us. Dr. Harrison obtained legal consent and did not commit medical battery.

Thank you. (I'm not exactly sure how to end it? )

Hello everyone it's Tori, sorry I wont be there today! Please fill me in on what happens today. Ok so I was incharge of cross questions....here they are with the answers I want.

Avery Langston- *Can you tell the court where you now live Avery? In a shelter *Ok, now can you tell me about you and your mother's relationship, did you ever feel like she liked her religion over you? (Is asking two questions ok?) At times (I believe the real Avery Langston would answer, "No, my mother and I had the strongest of relationships, even after my husband left me) *Would this cause any problems between you in her, like fights?  Sometimes, but. . .  * (Should we put a "That is all, thank you" in here?) Did you ever ONCE ask about money to either Dr. Caget or Dr. Harrison, if so what was said?  I talked to Dr. C asking if this would be covered and Dr. Harrison said that he would be willing to pay a large amount of money but I said that it was going to take more then that to fix this.

Dr. Tabor Caget- *Now you are a smart doctor, so what is the drug Naloxone given for? It is used to make people more aware to even sign paper work (This was said in his statement on line 35). He probably won't answer exactly as his testimony says; probably more along the lines of "counteracting drugs such as morphine" *Now about Avery did her and Simone ever have little yelling fights? What would they fight about? Yes they did, they would fight about how her mom wasn't taking some of the treatment. *So even when your paitent Simone Langston was highly drugged she still was able to keep her religious stand point, do you think she would have been lucid even without the drugs and a drug which it's job is to reverse morphine? It is possible. *Last question, now you said that you are a family man, a man with kids going to college correct, well put yourself in Avery's shoes. You are about to lose everything, your house, your mother, your spouse. That's a lot to lose in a sort period of time, and all you can do is stand there and watch your life fall apart. But some doctor offered you a large amount of money to buy some of you mother's sells. . . . the question is simple would you do it? uh....uh...maybe....

Dr. Farley Davis- *Now please help me here, but what makes your test that you gave Simone so much better? It has years of reserch behind it (Me yes but to many years that it might be out of date?) *Do you think that Simone even had a little bit of her that she knew what she was doing? A little bit (Me so that would make her compintent, making the contract not voidable) *that's all i have for him/ her i do need to add on them...

Okay there ya go, please feel free to edit it for me and you all have my number so please keep me posted. See you all on Thursday!!!!!

Damian: Script made by Damian Gallagher

Cross Examination to Gopi Anandganda • Did you ever associate with Lefu Harrison? (yes) • DId she pay you $ 5 00? (yes) • Were you close to Simone Langston? (yes) • How were you close to Simone? • Who were the witnesses to the agreement of April 11? (I was and Quincy Ebardiar)

Cross Examination to Dr. Harrison • When you first met Simone, on February 22nd, what were going to tell her about? (I wanted to ask for samples of her cancer cells) • What did the Pathology report show? (it showed two kinds of cancer, one of which was killing the other) • And this applied to Simone how? (she could save thousands of lives if her cells could cure cancer) • Was there a fire on March 3rd? (yes) • Did you start the fire? (accidentally, yes) • Were you banned from the oncology ward? (yes) • Did Dr. Caget ban you? (yes) • On April 6, did Simone bring up your offer? (yes) • Did you hire Ebardiar to see if Simone was competent to enter the legal agreement? (yes) • How much did you pay him? (one and a half times his/her normal charge) • Why were Simone's cells so important? (her cells had cancer-fighting properties) • Why did you pay Gopi just for listening? (because i was just so happy that he was willing to listen to me. i knew it wouldn't motivate him in any way.) • Was it a bribe? (no)