What Is The Reason The Defendant Wants To Take My Deposition?
Sometimes our clients ask us why the defendant wants to take their deposition. The short answer is the defendant wants to know what you know and wants to pin you down on your testimony.
The defendant (and her lawyer) are entitled to find out the answers to questions such as:
1. What injuries do you have;
2. What do you remember about the wreck;
3. How has your health or daily activities been affected;
4. What did the defendant say to you at the scene;
5. Etc.
While sometimes it can be annoying (and there are certainly annoying depositions taken!) this is a right the defendant normally has and it should not be upsetting or troubling. If you will listen to the question, understand the question, think of the truthful response, and then only answer the question, the deposition will go very smoothly for you.
Remember that you (your attorney) gets to ask the defendant the same types of questions to find out what the defendant knows and to pin down the defendant on what her testimony will be. Depositions help cases to settle and the ones that don't settle it helps to prepare everyone for trial.
