I had a lengthy deposition yesterday regarding my loft floors. I purchased a loft with wood beetles, was forced to use the Developers choice of floor installers to do the replacement and supposedly fumigate the floor to rid it of the beetle infestation.
Now that seems like a very cut and dry topic, with not a lot of room for arguing. That would be a logical "Real World" opinion, but not in the legal arena, where the victims are the ones who sit in the hot seat, not the people responsible for the problems.
The attorney started out pleasant enough before we were being recorded by the court reporter and then when we began, his line of questioning was totally out of line.
He started asking me questions about my former now deceased husband. I answered the first two then he started asking about
my husbands Legal background and I'm sure he was going to delve into our pending divorce at the time of his death.
None of his questions were nice, they were condescending, and I was quite frankly appalled that my attorney's assistant filling in
for him let this line of questioning go on. I was the one who simply said I was not going to answer anymore of his questions, they had nothing to do with my situation. I was in tears 15 minutes into the day.
He said he was just doing his background questions. Really??? Anyone who's lost anyone they love and witnessed their death is
going to get emotional at having to discuss it in detail to a total stranger who is just "doing his job"
The questions asked in depositions are supposed to be answered by a simply Yes or No, but that's how they GET YOU.
Some things cannot be answered that way. If you say Yes your done, if you say No, you can be held for lying.
We have a terrible legal system.
At the end of the day, we accomplished nothing and now it's been extended. There were three other attorney's present who knew nothing about the case and everyone agreed to finish another day.
After they left my attorney told me I could never win in court because I'm Blond, look too young for my age and I own a house in Malibu. That's how the system works. If the jurors don't like you Lose, period. He then told me that today the average juror would resent the fact that I own a loft for a million $ and they wouldn't care that the developers and agents knew of an insect
infestation and sold the lofts to people anyway.
This is the American Legal Justice system. No wonder the world is falling apart, it's still a popularity contest. If they jurors like you you win, think OJ. If you're a pretty woman and you've been cheated and lied to by your husband well too bad for you.
If the good old boys club is dishonest and can pay off a unethical lawyer they win.
That's how it really works, God help the innocent.
October 07, 2011
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