Jerry A. Esrig accomplished something that his former law partner said he has never seen anyone else do.During a deposition of an expert in a case that involved a boiler explosion, retired state appellate justice James R. Epstein said, Esrig asked the defense’s expert a question involving some scientific concepts.“He heard Jerry’s question and didn’t know what to do,” Epstein said. “‘Oh I never thought of that,’ he said. And their case just went out the window.”Esrig …