A similar question arises in all my employment cases. In a recent case, the defense lawyer was deposing a witness who supported my client. He asked why she thought the manager’s remark was discriminatory. Upon hearing that swine flu was predominant in the Rio Grande Valley, the manager had remarked, "Well, what do you expect
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Plaintiff Lawyers Sanctioned $378,000
Plaintiff attorneys are sanctioned almost $400,000 after their client made 868 changes to her deposition testimony. The dissent points out, however, that the attorneys sent the changes not to the court reporter but to the defense attorney. It is likely the attorneys wanted to make known the client’s apparent perjury.
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Employee Depositions Critical to Successful San Antonio Lawsuits
I spoke about depositions in general a couple of weeks ago. Now, let’s talk about employee depositions in a San Antonio employment lawsuit. The plaintiff employee deposition is critical to success for any employment lawsuit. The plaintiff employee must be able to show the opposing attorney and the employer that the employee can testify…
Lawyer Gets Caught “Coaching” a Witness
When President Clinton was still President and he was getting into some trouble about having lied in a deposition regarding alleged sex harassment, a former client called me. He was upset. He said Pres. Clinton is getting into so much trouble for lying in his deposition, but so-and-so manager lied in his deposition and did…