Losing Control of a Client During a Deposition
There are going to be occasions when you do everything you could or should have to prepare your client for a deposition, and they can’t help themselves but to make a mess. A couple of years ago I was defending a trucking case in which my truck driver was an awfully rough fellow. He had a pretty significant criminal history, had been in-and-out of drug rehab (which hadn’t had much effect), and at the time of the accident involving my case, he had been on a crystal meth bender for a couple days while at a motorcycle rally. Our only...
