Third Key To Alabama Plaintiffs Being Prepared For Depositions – Take Time To Think About The Truthful Answer
After hearing and understanding the question, the third key is to simply take the right amount of time to think about what the truthful answer is to the question. “How long is the ‘right amount’ of time?” That’s easy – whatever amount of time it takes you to be able to truthfully answer the question.
Some questions will be easy – “What’s your name” for example. Others will take you some time to think about – “Describe each and every injury you suffered in the wreck” – you will want to carefully consider this question so that you fully answer the question.
Sometimes our clients worry that if they take too long the defense lawyer will think they are not smart. Who cares? If you take the amount of time you need then it doesn’t matter what the defense lawyer thinks of you. You are under an obligation to answer truthfully and that is all that matters. Ultimately, whether the defense lawyer likes you or not is not critical – what is critical is to answer truthfully so you do not face attacks at trial because you rushed an answer and gave an incorrect answer.
So, make sure you hear and understand the question and then take however long it takes to think of the truthful answer. Once you do this, then you need to only answer the question asked.
