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The afternoon deposition followed the same basic course of the morning’s, with Sollers gently charming and then leading Joe’s client through the elements of the defense he obviously felt he could build: these plaintiffs were at fault. They created their own fire hazards by not handling the iron properly. Atheena had done everything it should by printing out warnings in an instruction manual that came with every product. It wasn’t Atheena’s fault if the customer chose not to read it.
It was only around three o’clock when Sarah finished her questions. Ryan thanked Joe’s client again for coming in.
“I hope that wasn’t too bad, Mrs. McKinley.”
“No,” she said, smiling in a motherly way, “it wasn’t too bad.”
“You have a good evening now,” Ryan said.
“You, too,” she answered. Then she le
