Jury greeting and exhibit admissions

📄 Jury greeting and exhibit admissions — Thursday, December 12, 1996

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TRIAL

▲ Day 31 of 57

◀ Witness list discussion Direct examination of Kelly Mulldorfer ▶

Date: Thursday, December 12, 1996 • Utterances: 20

The judge greeted the jury and counsel moved three plaintiff exhibits (537, 538, 539) and one defense exhibit (1177, a logbook) into evidence. The proceeding was entirely administrative with a brief moment of levity when Judge Fujisaki recalled the exhibit number before counsel could.

# 1 (Pause in proceedings.)

# 2 (Jurors resume their respective seats.)

# 3 THE COURT:

Good morning.

# 4 JURORS:

Good morning, Your Honor.

# 5 MR. PETROCELLI:

For the record I'd like to move in Exhibits 537, 538, and 539.

Thank you.

# 6 THE COURT:

Received.

# 7 (The instrument previously marked as Plaintiffs' Exhibit 537 was received in evidence.)

# 8 (The instrument previously marked as Plaintiffs' Exhibit 538 was received in evidence.)

# 9 (The instrument previously marked as Plaintiffs' Exhibit 539 was received in evidence.)

# 10 MR. LEONARD:

Your Honor, we'd like to move in the copy of the logbook that got identified, right?

# 11 MR. PETROCELLI:

Yes.

# 12 THE COURT:

Received.

# 13 THE CLERK:

I need a number.

# 14 MR. LEONARD:

It was -- at the time, it was next --

# 15 MR. BAKER:

No.

# 16 MR. PETROCELLI:

No. It was 11-something.

# 17 THE COURT:

1177.

# 18 (The document previously marked Defendants' Exhibit 1177 for identification, was received in evidence.)

# 19 THE CLERK:

Correct.

# 20 THE COURT:

See, I'm paying attention.

KEY QUOTE

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Hiroshi Fujisaki

1177.

Judge recalled the correct exhibit number himself, prompting his own self-congratulatory quip.

Hiroshi Fujisaki

See, I'm paying attention.

Rare moment of humor from the bench; lightens an otherwise routine proceeding.

Evidence (4)

Plaintiffs' 537

Previously marked exhibit, contents not specified in transcript

received in evidence

Plaintiffs' 538

Previously marked exhibit, contents not specified in transcript

received in evidence

Plaintiffs' 539

Previously marked exhibit, contents not specified in transcript

received in evidence

Defendants' 1177

Copy of a logbook previously identified

received in evidence

Notable Exchanges (1)

Dan Leonard•Daniel Petrocelli•Robert Baker•Hiroshi Fujisaki

Brief confusion among counsel over the exhibit number for the logbook; judge cut through it by supplying the correct number himself.

light

Light Moments (1)

Hiroshi Fujisaki

Judge Fujisaki supplied exhibit number 1177 before counsel could recall it, then remarked 'See, I'm paying attention.'

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 8632 • 20 utterances

Civil Trial

Department 103