REAL Doc Vs. Attorny case

Attorney: So, doctor, you determined that a gunshot wound was the cause of
death of the patient?


Doctor: That's correct.


Attorney: Did you examine the patient when he came to the emergency room?


Doctor: No, I performed the autopsy.


Attorney: Okay, were you aware of his vital signs while he was at the
hospital?


Doctor: Yes, he came in to the emergency room in shock and died in the
emergency room a short time after arriving.


Attorney: Did you pronounce him dead at that time?


Doctor: No, I am the pathologist who performed the autopsy. I was not
involved with the patient initially.


Attorney: Well, are you even sure, then, that he died in the emergency
room?


Doctor: That is what the records indicate.


Attorney: But if you weren't there, how could you have pronounced him
dead, having not seen or physically examined the patient at that time?


Doctor: The autopsy showed massive hemorrhage into the chest, and that was
the cause of death.


Attorney: I understand that, but you were not actually present to examine
the patient and pronounce him dead, isn't that right?


Doctor: No, sir, I did not see the patient or actually pronounce him dead,
but I did perform an autopsy and right now his brain is in a jar over at
the county morgue. As for the rest of the patient, for all I know, he
could be out practicing law somewhere.