Friday, November 21, 2014

September 2002 – The "Suicide Question"

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From U.S. Magistrate Judge Marcie A. Crone of Houston, this “excerpt from a recent employment discrimination” trial in her court in which the Plaintiff alleged mental anguish as well as other claims


Q. I’m not asking if you attempted suicide.


A. Oh.


Q. I’m asking if you ever said you were going to commit suicide.


A. Oh, yes.


Q. And why did you do that?


A. To get people to talk to me, feel sorry for me, want to be around me, watch me, attention.


Q. Did you ever actually commit suicide — or — I’m sorry.


(Laughter)


The Court: Obviously not.


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