Today I drove nearly 8 hours while venturing deep into God’s country for a deposition with a workers’ comp attorney, taking the time to thank God for my traveling companions: XM radio and GPS. The former kept me from intentionally driving into the median to cure my boredom (and satisfy the curiosity Aerosmith’s “Living on the Edge” [...]
06.12bucolic bopping
Today, I drove 1.5 hours into the middle of nowhere for a deposition with two other attorneys (normally, there are just two total, but this case has a coverage dispute between the insurance company and the employer, so instead of one attorney representing both entities, there were two). After the deposition, the plaintiff’s lawyer walked [...]
05.14honor
I just took a man’s deposition who, when asked if he’d ever been arrested, said he had been for “defending my sister’s honor.”
Me: “So, you are a man who would fight for her honor?”
Plaintiff: “Excuse me?”
Me: “Will you be the hero–she’s been dreaming of?
Plaintiff’s attorney: “Objection.”
The man was from SE Asia, so I can only [...]
