Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

From Lloyd A. Muennink of Austin, this excerpt from the deposition of a fact witness for the plaintiff in "a drilling mud land farming case regarding libel and slander" - where the defense attorney was "constantly asking what the [plaintiff's] attorney told him or discussed after every break in the deposition."

[LUNCH RECESS 1:05-1:40]

Q. (By Mr. Stelly) Mr. Egle, you had lunch today with Mr. Muennink; is that true?

A. Yes.

Q. What did y'all discuss?

A. The Playboy Channel.

Q. Okay. Anything else about this case?

A. Yeah, I'm sure we did. Let me think about this.

Q. Do you remember anything specific about what you talked about of your previous testimony?

A. That I did a good job, that I was responding to the questions.

Full post as published by Say What! on December 08, 2008 (boomark / email).