L.A. Law (TV Series)

Izzy Ackerman or Is He Not (1989)

Corbin Bernsen: Arnie Becker

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• Michael Kuzak : It's not all my fault! Ray never even told us that his wife had been married before!

  Arnie Becker : [while reading the Davis marriage and divorce papers]  Douglas, I don't think we have anything to worry about.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : No? Trust me, the legal malpractice sharks will be at our door salivating this.

  Arnie Becker : You think this was malpractice?

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : I don't, but you can be damn sure that Ray Davis is gonna find someone who does.

  Michael Kuzak : When I left him, he was a little too devastated to be thinking about formulating a battle plan to sue us.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Believe me, that won't last. I'll bet in five days from now, he and his new lawyers are gonna be rising up like the wrath of God.

  Michael Kuzak : Well, he should go after somebody.

  Arnie Becker : Hey Mike, if Ray decides to go after somebody, that somebody is us. Douglas is right. Ray Davis now has the grounds to sue all of us for malpractice and under these circumstances... he will win.

  Michael Kuzak : Well, maybe he should sue us. How else is he going to get any compensation for this disaster?

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Uh-oh. This attitude of yours worries me. I got a distinct feeling that in an attempt to offer Ray Davis compassion with your very own admitted words: "Oh, I'm very sorry, Ray. I could have done better"... you just served up admissions of negligence!

  Michael Kuzak : The poor man lost his wife because some hospital let her die because they didn't have any health insurance! Worse still, he just finds out today in open court that he was never legally married to her in the first place because he had no idea that her Mexican divorce was null and void. Doesn't compassion or sympathy for Ray Davis enter into this at all for you?

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : So long as it doesn't cost us money.

  Michael Kuzak : Ah, the old refrain! Everything is always about money with you! The ultimate linchpin consideration to which all issues turn!

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Don't get high-mined on us, Michael. You're the one who screwed up here! You never asked Ray if his wife was ever married before. You overlooked making any background check on Ray Davis' wife and didn't find this legal loophole first! You messed up, not Dorothy, not us... you!

  Michael Kuzak : Careful, Douglas! You'd better not acknowledge that outside of this office because it might cost us money!