Legal Question in Personal Injury in New York

Re: Deposition

You have not provided enough info for responsible answers to your questions. But, your ommission, if not made in bad faith, MAY not be fatal to your case.

You should immediatly advise (and should have immediately after realizing your error), advised your attorney of your ommission and provided the doctor's info for contact, for your attorney's review.

Your attorney is the person to answer your questions and remedy any damage you may have done to your case.

Good luck,

Phroska L. McAlister,

Re: Deposition

When you receive the deposition transcript for review, correct the answer to include the Doctor

on the errata sheet. Tell your lawyer.

Re: Deposition

This omission can be devastating to your case if you fail to act to correct it. Most importantly, make sure that you informed your attorneys immediately. Provide them with as much detail as you can assemble regarding this prior treatment and the accident or injury that required the treatment. Give them authorization to obtain the prior treatment records. Finally, after you've consulted with your attorneys, you will need to correct your testimony.

Re: Deposition

When you get the deposition transcript back make a correction where you answered no and your attorney will notarize the corrected transcript. If the issue comes up at trial, you simply explain it the way you did here. It was a number of years ago, you've been to many doctors and you simply forgot about this particular treatment. As long as you are credible as to the rest of your testimony, a jury is likely to forgive you for this lapse of memory.

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