L.A. Law (TV Series)

I'm Ready for My Closeup, Mr. Markowitz (1992)

Blair Underwood: Jonathan Rollins

Quotes 

• Douglas Brackman, Jr. : Next up: Campos et al vs. Halifax Chemical.

  Tommy Mullaney : We're going to trial.

  [Brackman and McKenzie exchange a look] 

  Grace Van Owen : This is the class-action suit brought by the Hondurans?

  Tommy Mullaney : Mm-hmm. I'm co-chair with Alex DePalma, the attorney who brought it to us. Farm workers down there used a real nasty pesticide called Z-Chlor, also known as Wallop. Made 400 of them sterile.

  Cara Jean 'C.J.' Lamb : Wallop indeed.

  Tommy Mullaney : Z-Chlor was suspended by the EPA but Halifax kept shipping tons of the stuff to Honduras.

  Ann Kelsey : I thought this case was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds.

  Tommy Mullaney : We appealed, and the court ruled that since Halifax is based in California, we can try it here.

  Arnie Becker : Foreign workers suing in our courts. Good luck.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : It's worse than you think. DePalma is a solo practitioner from East L.A., Halifax is represented by Breech and Spitzer.

  Jonathan Rollins : Oof, those guys are pit bulls.

  Arnie Becker : Kiss this one goodbye.

  Tommy Mullaney : Look, we know it's a longshot, but what that company did to these people was a crime.

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : But you can't right every wrong in the world, and this is eating up billable hours.

  Cara Jean 'C.J.' Lamb : Hours aren't the point here.

  Stuart Markowitz : This is about conscience, Douglas.

  Arnie Becker : Come on, folks, we have to have me fiscal responsibility.

  Jonathan Rollins : But how far are we expected to go?

  Leland McKenzie : [to Mullaney]  Before this goes any further, I want to talk to Mr. DePalma and the class rep.

  [to Brackman] 

  Leland McKenzie : Anything else, Douglas?

  Douglas Brackman, Jr. : No, we're adjourned.