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He then showed us some X-Ray films and picking out
one of them said that if was on our side he could testify
in Court that it was a case of pyorrhea, but that if he was
interested the other way, he could testify that it was a
clear case of radium necrosis.
He said that if we would
give him a list of the girls who had worked for the Company,
he would find out if any of them were suffering from necrosis,
and if so, persuade them that they did not have any chance
to recover in case they brought suit.
He stated clearly
that he would testify whichever way suited him best and stated
that this was the usual practice with expert witnesses.
I finally asked him to make a definite proposition and
he said that he would "play ball" with us if we paid him
$10,000. for work done on past cases, and in addition a reasonable
fee for cases which might come to him in the future.
I said
that I did not see why the Company should pay him for services
with which it had nothing to do. I said that the Company had
had nothing to do with his being employed on the past cases
referred to and that I did not see why the Company should pay
somebody else's bills. He said that we could suit ourselves,
but that he was going to get the money and did not care where
it came from.
He said that if new suits should be brought, he would
see to it that there were no settlements made out of Court, and
that his testimony alone would be enough to insure the verdicts
unfavorable to the Company. He said that he would make either a
contract or a gentlemen's agreement with us, whichever we wanted,
but that he must have the money.
I asked him what his charge
would be in the future, and he said $2.00 per visit, plus the
cost of the X-Ray pictures.
I asked him whether he would
inform his proposed patients of the fact that he was being paid
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