The coroner says, "No."
The lawyer then asks, "Did you listen for a heartbeat?"
"No" says the coroner.
"Did you check for breathing?"
Again, the coroner says, "No."
"So," the lawyer continues, "when you signed the death certificate, you had not taken any of the usual steps to make sure the man was dead, had you?"
The coroner, now tired of the browbeating, says, "Well, let me put it this way. The man's brain was sitting in a jar on my desk, but for all I know, he could have been out there practicing law somewhere."