We are thrilled to share Tim Whiting’s co-presentation in a Strafford live 90-minutes webinar titled, “Deposing Truck Drivers and Trucking Company Representatives in Injury Cases: Questioning Deponents, Using Demonstrative Exhibits, Raising and Defending Objections, Dealing with Difficult Deponents, and More.”
Presenting along with J.J. Burns, Esq., Partner, at Dollar Burns and Becker and Steven M. Gursten, Attorney, Michigan Auto Law, the webinar aimed to prepare personal injury attorneys representing victims in trucking injury cases on how to depose truck drivers and trucking company representatives. The webinar discussed the best strategies for effectively questioning deponents, videotaping driver depositions, using demonstrative exhibits, dealing with difficult drivers or trucking company representatives, and raising and defending objections. The
For personal injury attorneys representing victims in trucking accident cases, the depositions of the truck driver and trucking company representatives are among the most significant events in the case. Effective questioning of truck drivers can reveal a driver’s medical state, whether he or she was fatigued, and whether the driver was familiar with and complied with federal safety standards and trucking company policies and procedures on safety.
Depositions of trucking company representatives allow personal injury attorneys an opportunity to scrutinize the trucking company’s policies and practices to determine if safety is a real priority. Testimony obtained from the trucking company representative during the deposition binds the trucking company.