I think we can all relate to this story and deposition on some level.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/surreal-exchange-during-legal-deposition-recreated-by-new-york-times-165531130.html;_ylt=AuR2kVcQTJsPVxhFl74nCZ0mhvZ_;_ylc=X3oDMTgxcm0zM2gyBF9TAzIxNDY4NjI2MzAEYWN0A3RpdGxlBGNjb2RlA251bGwEY3QDc3RhbmRhcmQEZWQDMQRpbnRsA3VzBGl0YwMwBGxwb3MDMgRtY29kZQNBZ0JUWU9RUUFHdElFQUFjWlJBQVIxSVFBRlBPBG1pZAN0ZARtcG9zAzEEcGtnA2lkLTM0NzgxNTMEcGtndAMxBHBvcwMxMgRzZWMDdGQtZmVhBHNsawNMZWdhbCBleGNoYW5nZSB0byBib2dnbGUgdGhlIG1pbmQEdGFyA2h0dHA6Ly9uZXdzLnlhaG9vLmNvbQR0ZXN0AwR2ZXJzaW9uA2xlZ28Ed29lAzEyNzYyODYy;_ylg=X3oDMTBhYWM1a2sxBGxhbmcDZW4tVVM-;_ylv= 3"> http://http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/surreal-exchange-during-legal-deposition-recreated-by-new-york-times-165531130.html;_ylt=AuR2kVcQTJsPVxhFl74nCZ0mhvZ_;_ylc=X3oDMTgxcm0zM2gyBF9TAzIxNDY4NjI2MzAEYWN0A3RpdGxlBGNjb2RlA251bGwEY3QDc3RhbmRhcmQEZWQDMQRpbnRsA3VzBGl0YwMwBGxwb3MDMgRtY29kZQNBZ0JUWU9RUUFHdElFQUFjWlJBQVIxSVFBRlBPBG1pZAN0ZARtcG9zAzEEcGtnA2lkLTM0NzgxNTMEcGtndAMxBHBvcwMxMgRzZWMDdGQtZmVhBHNsawNMZWdhbCBleGNoYW5nZSB0byBib2dnbGUgdGhlIG1pbmQEdGFyA2h0dHA6Ly9uZXdzLnlhaG9vLmNvbQR0ZXN0AwR2ZXJzaW9uA2xlZ28Ed29lAzEyNzYyODYy;_ylg=X3oDMTBhYWM1a2sxBGxhbmcDZW4tVVM-;_ylv=3
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First link tries to open but didn't after 8 minutes. Second link is faulty.
Is it just me?
First link opened OK for me. Second was no good.
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HC, first link opened but didn't contain the correct content. It's here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/opinion/verbatim-what-is-a-photocopier.html?_r=0
B-)
Thank you
That worked.
I have had to give a deposition. It actually went much like what this video clip shows. The one being deposed needs to be absolutely certain as to the specific question and then provide a correct but concise answer. The one asking the questions normally has a step by step strategy in mind. Getting that person distracted takes the pressure off of the one being deposed long enough to allow him/her to better formulate a correct response that is truthful without being too informative, thus opening new lines of questioning that may grow quite bizarre at times.
Yes. No. Could you clarify your question? Those are the three most appropriate responses to any question. Once the third has been eliminated, the answer will normally be either the first or the second.
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Here is the result of the trial
http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2012/2012-ohio-753.pdf
Link doesn't work in Chrome, opens fine in IE.
It seems that the legal definition of "photocopy" was at issue here after all. Ohio law says that copies of public records be made available "at cost", but also that the recorder collect $2 per sheet for photocopies, half of which is a state tax. So getting the entire data base on a CD might cost the same as a single sheet photocopied.
Ugggh.
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Worked in Chrome for me.
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> It seems that the legal definition of "photocopy" was at issue here after all. Ohio law says that copies of public records be made available "at cost", but also that the recorder collect $2 per sheet for photocopies, half of which is a state tax.
And if the machine in the office scans documents to a file and then prints them, as opposed to specifically "xerox"ing them, that would not be subject to the $2 fee and tax.
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Thanks for sharing that link "Norman". It's quite the eye-opener, from rolling your eyes, to realizing how important it was to get the lawyer to define "photocopy". The attorney can make the witness look like a stubborn idior while still not offering a simple definition of "photocopying".
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Perhaps they should change the word photocopy to "facsimile".