Friedman v. Berger

holding that where a lawyer’s testimony is not indispensable, he should be allowed to testify even though his firm represented one of the parties | holding that medicaid assistance to the medically needy is a matter of slate option | describing statutory scheme as ‘aggravated assault on the English language, resistant to attempts to understand it’ | describing statutory scheme as “aggravated assault on the English language, resistant to attempts to understand it” | medicaid scheme is “aggravated assault on the English language, resistant to attempts to understand it” | “courts must exhibit particular deference to the [Secretary of HHS’s] position with respect to legislation as intricate as Title XIX” | patent for weight-lifting apparatus; pertinent art was design of body-training devices, not weight-training or mechanical engineering | witness was attorney in private law firm