I had to give my deposition in a lawsuit earlier today, and I've got a massive headache now. Spending 6 hours of my day answering questions about things that happened 4 to 6 years ago is not my idea of fun. On the spectrum of fun, it falls somewhere around root canal, full cavity searches and being beaten with blunt objects. Y'all talk amongst yourselves. Don't burn down anything important. Replace anything you drink from the liquor cabinet.
I hate depositions too. I don't have to do it often and I get to charge expert witness fees and expenses. Often it is the other jerk off lawyer that is trying to discredit me and the medical chart that I audit speaks for itself and I all I do is put it in terms even him and a jury can understand. I love it when a lawyer asks me a stupid question and I turn it around on him and even get the judge to chuckles...
ReplyDeleteCederq, I've only had to testify a few times over my career. I don't particularly like it, but I seem to be good at it. My favorite testimony experience so far was about 25 years ago when I was on the jury pool for a capital murder trial. I was low enough in the pool that I had to undergo individual voir dire questioning by both sides. My answers forced the court to call a recess to have the attorneys figure out how to phrase their questions in a way that would get the log jam broken.
DeleteDepositions suck. No other word for it.
ReplyDeleteDaniel, no argument. Depos are the mental equivalent of a proctology exam.
DeleteI've endured one. The plaintiff's attorney became angry, and threw his hat down, after his questions didn't get him the answers he wanted.
ReplyDeleteJess, that's an acceptable result in my opinion.
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