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August 21, 2009
Litigation: Depositions should get "the Badness" out there.
WAC? working with Montagnard troops, Cambodia, 1968.
Savor the brutality: Get Badness in your case out in the open.
There is a reason why it is called discovery. Invite the other side's witnesses to tell you everything they possibly can about why your side should lose. Revel in these "bad" answers---don't cringe. Make sure that you carefully dissect every part or premise of a "bad" answer.
From a 2008 article by Chicago trial lawyer Stewart Weltman that we love and cannot live without: "The Two Most Important Questions to Ask During A Discovery Deposition-Part I".
(Photo: Paramount Pictures)
Posted by Rob Bodine at August 21, 2009 11:59 PM