March 1995 - If You Don't Understand My Questions ...
From Al Ellis of Dallas, this excerpt from the deposition of a witness who knew "how to follow instructions to the letter":
Q. My name is Al Ellis. I represent the plaintiff in a lawsuit, and I am going to ask you some questions in regard to his fall that he had back in June 1990, and perhaps some surrounding facts. If you don't understand my questions or I am talking too much like a lawyer, or whatever, you ask me to repeat it. Will you do that?
A. Uh-huh.
Q. You have to say "yes" or "no."
A. Yes or no.