Beebe V. Bozeman Deaconess Health Service, Inc. Court Case Study

On Thursday, September 22nd at 4:00 p.m., I witnessed the Beebe v. Bozeman Deaconess Health Service, Inc. court case. The judge for this case was Judge Holly Brown. I walked into the court room while they were on recess, so I was a little confused about what was going on at first. It was interesting to be a part of the “please rise” standing ritual when the judge walked in. It makes a person wonder why the benches in the public’s seating area are so noisy, it seemed very disruptive. When I attended the case, there was an expert on the stand being interviewed by the plaintiff’s lawyer I believe. I was a little off-put by the lawyer’s outfit, because it did not seem as formal as I was expecting and the lawyer herself seemed to say um a lot. Her …show more content…
The lights were distracting. Another thing that I did not like was that the projector screen blocked half of the public’s vision, and forced everyone to one side of the room. On the bench in front of me was a group of about five women. I believe they added to the informality that I sensed in the court room because they whispered to one another the entire time I was there. I wasn’t sure if they were family or part of the hospital. There were not a lot of people in attendance, so the projector screen did not cause a huge seating problem, but it did block the view that I had of the jury. The jury’s attire that I could see surprised me. If I was called in for jury duty, I feel like I would dress in semi-formal attire. The jury that I saw was dressed in sweats and sweatshirts. In addition, I wish that I had been able to see the documents that court was referring to. When I was there, they brought up different hospital documents on the projector screen. The lawyer was trying to have the expert on the stand say that the hospital employees made a mistake with their record keeping and the amount of fluids the man was