Deposition 101: If They Talk More About the Messenger Than the Medicine, the Defense Is Weak
๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ: If they talk more about the messenger than the medicine involved ... ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐
Depositions are meant to get an expert's opinion on record
In theory anyways
When it comes to real-life depositions
The opposing counsel exclusively aims for "gotchas"
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ (๐๐ค๐ค๐ก๐๐จ๐) ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ
3 Months ago I was deposed by defense counsel
In a breast augmentation gone really bad
And it lasted 3 hours start to finish
Unsurprisingly, 2.5 of it was spent
๐ผ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค (๐๐ค๐ค๐ก๐๐จ๐๐ก๐ฎ) ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐
Defense attorney:
โข Do you market your expertise?
โข Have you used any listing sites?
โข Who taught you expert consulting?
โข When did you start being an expert?
โข How much money did you earn in 2023?
โข How did you first get retained in this matter?
โข What's with the expert certificate from Florida?
Me: Answer, Answer, Answer, Answer
Me inside: "When we gonna talk bout the medicine?"
Why did they waste 2.5 hours on that charadeโ
Because the 30 minutes of medical testimony
Went very poorly for their defense
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ
๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐จ?
