Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

I'm being deposed in couple hours.

Is it better to give a short "incriminating" answer or a qualified "non-incriminating" answer?

Example: "Did you wreck your vehicle into the telephone pole?"

Short "incriminating" answer: "Yes!"

Qualified answer: "To avoid the child who ran in front of my vehicle, I swerved and wrecked into the pole."


Asked on 11/03/11, 8:11 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
George Shers Law Offices of Georges H. Shers

You wait until now to ask the question! The answer depends upon whether you have an attorney to clear up your responses, the question itself, what your answer will be, etc. The term wrecked.is objectionable as being a conclusion. My guess is that it would be better for you to give short answers as otherwise you will appear to be a combative, poor witness.

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Answered on 11/03/11, 9:58 am


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