Miller's Court - Breaking All the Rules #95

Datecirca 1986

Can DescriptionsMiller's Court X3945 Master; Breaking all the Rules

AbstractReel and can say Master; paperwork says Dupe; Miller Court: Breaking All the Rules; the scene opens with an angry father and his daughter, bursting into the home of another family and their son; black screen breaks; attorneys Janet Benshoof and Gary Flakne argue whether that son's family can be sued to support the daughter's impending pregnancy and soon-to-follow child-rearing responsibilities; the lawyers question witnesses in front of a jury, and viewers are invited to vote on the verdict of whether to award money to the plaintiffs (teenage mother and her family) or side with the defendant (teenage father and his family); the attorneys are questioned about their strategies and the jurors are asked about their thoughts; 10 jurors voted to award support and 2 voted to deny support.

OtherArthur Miller, Elizabeth Cheng, Bob Comiskey, Curtis Poole, Mary Ellen Hayes, Linda Adler, Stephanie Levin, Emmons S. Levine, Bruce Goldman, Scott Philbrick, George Ellard, Joe Mozdiez, Sumner Shain, Tony Coleman, Russ Cooper, Ed Paolini, Rod Adams, Bob Marsocci, Nancy Moloney, Roger Rice, Alan Pratt, Doug DeVitt, Rodney Grace, Zip Bradwell, Kif Williams, Ted Talanian, Bill Dawson, Andrew Castellini, Cynthia Perdue, Katherine Stauder, Ed Andre, Jim Gilbert, Joy McGugan, David Brezniak, Barbara Lyndon, Chris Marguerite, Marc Hart, Netta Vercollone, Stephen Minkofsky, The Charles Hotel at Harvard Square, Joseph W. Heston, Parent Education Resource Center of the School Volunteers for Boston, Paul LaCamera.