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no_hypocrisy

(46,057 posts)
2. It doesn't LOOK good, but it's not a decided matter.
Sat Feb 27, 2021, 08:34 PM
Feb 2021

Last edited Sun Feb 28, 2021, 04:01 PM - Edit history (1)

I had a law client, a certified registered nurse, who was accused by one of her charges in a long-term care facility. The "victim" was 73 and in a wheelchair. She claimed my client abused her 15 different ways (emotional, psychological, mentally, and physically) during a shift (8 hours). She claimed neglect of her basic needs. More damning was her son claimed he saw his mother's leg being crushed like a vise when she was being lifted from wheelchair to bed. Even more damning, the "victim's" roommate testified that she heard the situation from behind her curtain.

Doesn't look good, does it?

We had three hearings. I cross examined all witnesses, including the "victim".

We came up with 14 inconsistencies in the evidence/testimony for the "victim". She also confided to my client that she wished she had money to buy her son (the witness) a house and a new car. Investigation into the "victim's" financial status found she had a reverse mortgage on her home, in an amount higher than its value. Stuff like that. Now, all of a sudden it didn't LOOK good for the "victim."

As for the son and the roommate, I cross examined them and found decided inconsistencies in their stories.

I was left with one last question to be addressed: Why would an old woman in a wheelchair, who otherwise had a good working relationship with my client, make all this up? Because the evidence indicated that this particular woman only got really upset when she missed a medical appointment or test. She missed a DEXA Scan twice and blamed my client for having to make yet a third appointment.

So, long story short, yes, on its face, my client looked damnable. But I gleaned poignant facts to exonerate her.

I'm holding off judgment on Gov. Andrew Cuomo. I'd like to have these women testify under oath.

Not looking good. BlueStater Feb 2021 #1
It doesn't LOOK good, but it's not a decided matter. no_hypocrisy Feb 2021 #2
An excellent example. Cross examination is an essential element in probing WheelWalker Feb 2021 #5
It doesn't work that way Major Nikon Feb 2021 #25
Agreed but we'll see what comes next Blasphemer Feb 2021 #6
Statement From Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) ADK Feb 2021 #3
Uh-oh wryter2000 Feb 2021 #4
Trump raped Katie Johnson when she was 13... olddad65 Feb 2021 #7
I'd bet that 60 million of his voters never heard of her Polybius Feb 2021 #16
I think you underestimate how many trump voters quakerboy Feb 2021 #34
Yeah, that's true Polybius Mar 2021 #37
I honestly just don't get this behavior dsc Feb 2021 #8
I doubt it's anymore pervasive. Elessar Zappa Feb 2021 #9
I am not asking in a comparative sense dsc Feb 2021 #10
Oh ok, I get your point. Elessar Zappa Feb 2021 #11
After the way Al Franken was railroaded, I'm not in any hurry to make a judgement about Cuomo. scarletwoman Feb 2021 #12
You may not like the outcome, but Franken was not "railroaded" brooklynite Feb 2021 #13
He most certainly was. scarletwoman Feb 2021 #14
Wow he most certainly was railroaded... caber09 Feb 2021 #15
If I only posted comments that everyone agreed with, there'd be no point in posting them brooklynite Feb 2021 #18
You gotta love that attitude, don't you? Jedi Guy Feb 2021 #31
I will say what I have continually said in cases like this dsc Feb 2021 #17
Statement from Sen. Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins brooklynite Feb 2021 #19
Statement from Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang brooklynite Feb 2021 #20
Statement from Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie brooklynite Feb 2021 #21
You can keep posting all of these statements, but we are all saying let the investigation play out caber09 Feb 2021 #23
Are you under the impression that I'm opposed to that? brooklynite Feb 2021 #24
Funny seemingly the only statement you haven't repeat posted is this one...by Cuomo himself.. caber09 Feb 2021 #26
Funny how you didn't post it (until now) either brooklynite Feb 2021 #27
You seem to have an agenda, you are on top of all the other statements, even repeating... caber09 Feb 2021 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author brooklynite Feb 2021 #22
I give him a week Polybius Feb 2021 #29
Post removed Post removed Feb 2021 #30
I'm going to wait to pass judgement. 58Sunliner Feb 2021 #32
Stick a fork in him Miguelito Loveless Feb 2021 #33
So we are gong to Al Franken him? alphafemale Feb 2021 #35
Possibly a bad case of New York politics with some Roger STone thrown in for good measure Cetacea Feb 2021 #36
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