Leaving No Legal Stone Unturned October 15, 1998March 25, 2012 Dave Davis sends us this “actual exchange between an attorney and an expert witness during a trial (source: Massachusetts Bar Association Law Journal).” Perhaps it speaks for itself. Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? A: No. Q: Did you check for blood pressure? A: No. Q: Did you check for breathing? A: No. Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? A: No. Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor? A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. Q: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless? A: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.