Tag: Depositions
DEPOSITION OF EXPERT WITNESS
Posted by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Jun 24, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
More On Depositions & Leading Questions
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Nov 9, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
SOME POSSIBLE DEPOSITION QUESTIONS IN LEGAL MALPRACTICE AND SIMILAR CASES Michael Sean Quinn, Ph.D, J.D., Etc. Quinn & Quinn 2630 Exposition Blvd #115 Austin, Texas 78703 (o) 512-296-2594 (c) 512-656-0503...
Read MoreLawyer How-To: “Are you certain about that?” (Sketch II)
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 20, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
I wrote about this topic one time before. It was entitled Sketch I ******************************************************************************* “Are you certain?” is a trap question. (1) If you say...
Read MoreThe Insurance Appraisal Process Part IV
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 6, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
Some New Ideas Part IV There is a set of persistent problems in dealing with Umps, namely their...
Read More“Madam. Are you certain today?” [Sketch I]
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 5, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
There is a species of questions with respect to which witnesses (including expert witnesses) must...
Read More“If you don’t understand the question. . . .??
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 2, 2023 | COURTS | 0 |
Near the beginning of many depositions there are the following questions and often the following answers: Q. If you don’t understand my question can we agree that you will tell me?A. Yes.Q. So if you don’t tell me,...
Read More“A Business Decision”
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 1, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
I was just reading a deposition in which the soon-to-be Purchaser of a company did not contact a bank about a loan it had made to the Seller. The failure to contact was a disaster: litigation only lawyers can love. When asked...
Read MoreDepositions: “. . . sir. . . .”
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Oct 1, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
In depositions, when a questioning lawyer is exasperated with the answer (or answers) of a witness, s/he will sometimes repeat the questions, more or less, and punctuate it with “sir” or “madam” Consider...
Read MoreExpert Witness: “Objection. Not Responsive” Whose Objection?
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 30, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
Here is what might be called: The Lawyer’s (L’s) Own Witness Problem An expert witness is giving a deposition. There are three lawyers in the room. The expert witness is giving an opinion in the hire of P (or,...
Read MoreDepositions and the “Uniqueness Answer”
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 29, 2023 | INSURANCE LAW | 0 |
It is not unusual in coverage litigation for the attorney for the insured to ask a question...
Read MoreDeposition Witnesses and Leading Questions
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 18, 2023 | EXPERT WITNESS | 0 |
More On Depositions I have discussed in at least one previous blog, how leading questions can be effective, not only in trials but also in depositions. I have suggested that litigating lawyers take courses in how to do this more...
Read MoreObservations Regarding Depositions
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 14, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
Witnesses and Therefore Lawyers in Depositions, Third Observations Previously, in another post, I set forth a few ways to proceed in depositions and deposition preparation. Here are a few more: (1) When a (W)itness is...
Read MoreDEPOSITIONS & OTHER TESTIMONY
by Michael Sean Quinn, PhD, JD, CPCU, Etc. | Sep 6, 2023 | LAW PRACTICE | 0 |
DEPOSITIONS & OTHER TESTIMONY: SOME WORDS TO AVOID, SOMETIMES In litigation, as in any other...
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