Law Humor

By texasbar

This is only one of several excerpts sent to me by Al Ellis of Dallas from a single deposition which "totally, fully, and without reservation supports the theory that depositions should never be taken!"

Q. So, if somebody was behind you -

A. Uh-huh.

Q. - directly behind you -

A. Uh-huh.

Q. - and they saw - and you were about to change lanes to your right, they would not see your front go to the - Let me start over again.

A. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead.

Q. Okay, if somebody's behind you -

A. Yeah.

Q. - and they're - your right blinker is on -

Q. Right.

Q. - they see your right blinkers on -

A. Right.

Q. - if you had started to change lanes -

A. Uh-huh.

Q. - your back end -

A. Go ahead.

Q. - wouldn't necessarily have crossed the dividing line right at the beginning, would it?

A. All right. Well, I put it this way: The trailer follow - the trailer follow the tractor.

Q. Right.

Full post as published by Say What! on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).