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The lawyer representing the widower of Folole Muliaga has hit out at her courtroom opponents, accusing them of being disrespectful and reducing Mrs Muliaga's husband to tears.
Olinda Woodroffe yesterday told the Auckland Coroner's Court that the Muliaga family had been upset to see lawyers for the Counties Manukau District Health Board, Mighty River Power and the Mercury Energy subcontracting company Vircom apparently laughing and winking at one another during the inquest into Mrs Muliaga's death.