Remains of the Day Law and Order
Miller says she must have made a mistake in the medication registry and Michael had surgery on the 28th, but Rubirosa says she checked with the pharmacy and the drugs were delivered on the 23rd. This is solid proof that the operation was really on the 23rd. Rubirosa asks again when the operation took place, and Miller says she just followed orders. She doesn`t want to be involved, but Rubirosa says she already is. Rubirosa says they need the biopsy for the case, but Tanya refuses and says she will call Dr. Vaughn. Rubirosa tries to dissuade him, but fails. Rubirosa ends up saying that she is willing to go to court for a judge to order a biopsy. Tanya is still not ready to voluntarily give Jason for the biopsy.
Bicks says the cops should talk to the hospital morgue. Police say they know Bicks signed Kendall`s body two hours after Kendall`s death. Bicks denies taking the body until police say they have Bicks` unsubscribe sheet when Bicks took the body, after which Bicks admits to taking it. Cassidy asks what the rush was, and Bicks says he was probably in the hospital for another race. Cassidy says Kendall was the only body that day. Bicks is upset and asks what Cassidy is getting at, and police say they believe Bicks took the body so quickly that his remains could be harvested. Bicks says police are making unfounded accusations, so Green asks to see Bicks` notes. Bicks says his lawyer needs to be notified. Cassidy threatens to issue an arrest warrant, so Bicks informs him of his law firm. He leaves, but Green tells him to call his lawyer himself. The detectives say they need to examine Karen`s remains, but Alexis says Karen was cremated.
Cassidy asks for cremation and the Kendalls direct the police to Tony Bicks and Bick`s Funeral Home. McCoy asks if Vaughn stole human remains from people who did not consent, but Vaughn says the remains were necessary. McCoy asked Vaughn to confirm that he had no way of determining the suitability of the remains or reviewing the medical history. Vaughn says he did his best and believes he picked good candidates. McCoy points out that Vaughn sold the extra body parts to other tissue banks, but Vaughn says the money was returned to his clinic. McCoy then says that Sodowsky died of cancer, but Vaughn chose her anyway, and Vaughn responds by saying again that the risk was minuscule. Karen`s parents, Alexis and Thorn, tell detectives about Karen`s death. She was driving home from college when she was hit by a truck.
She was declared brain dead and shortly thereafter was removed from the life support system. Their organs and tissues were not donated – the family could not bear to part with their remains. The Kendalls say the hospital they used was Chase General. The parents are stunned when they learn that someone has donated Karen`s bones. Cassidy asks if Karen has had cancer, but Alexis says no. In court, Miller testified that Vaughn asked him to change the data in the files after learning Jones had died. This is because Karen Kendall passed away on July 23. was a maintenance of vital functions; She was not the real donor.
The real donor was a woman named Tina Sodowsky. McCoy asks Miller to read Sodowsky`s death certificate. Sodowsky died on April 22. McCoy asked for the stated cause of death, but Miller first apologized to Vaughn. Judge Duncan Harvey ordered jurors to ignore the apology, and Miller testified that Sodowsky died of ovarian cancer. In the audience, Ashley Jones looks angry. Seavel cross-examined. In one play, Ashley swears she knows who killed Michael. Tanja`s lawyer says this is a Fourth Amendment matter and an unreasonable search. McCoy cites a Supreme Court precedent that states the state can force small businesses to obtain evidence of a crime, but the other lawyer says the trial is not minor.
The operation could destroy Jason`s knee again. Justice Dorothy Parnell said the precedent involved a patient who was also suspected of the crime; Jason is not suspicious in anything. McCoy says this distinction was not mentioned in the judgment in the previous one. The other lawyer points out that the precedent actually led to the rejection of the state`s request for an intrusion operation, but McCoy says the precedent still allows for the possibility of such an operation in cases where the public interest outweighs the intrusion. He says the Department of Health and the Center for Disease Control are already involved and there is a risk of a major health crisis. Parnell asks if there is another way, but McCoy says no. She then asks what the biopsy will prove, and McCoy says it was the bone graft that killed Jones. In the audience, Tanya and Jason look nervous.
