Those of you currently in Section 12 got to see a video of a deposition that ended badly.
This is so much better than that.
In GMAC Bank v. HTFC Corp., the owner and chief executive officer of defendant HTFC, Aaron Wider, showed off his complete disdain for the discovery rules and opposing counsel – and put his potty mouth on display. Not surprisingly, both Wider and his completely ineffective lawyer, Joseph Ziccardi, Esq., were sanctioned pretty heavily.
Some snippits of the deposition (bad words redacted, of course) are below. To read the entire unrated version, run a Westlaw search for 2008 WL 542386. [From Nuts & Boalts.]
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Q. And you have a hard time comprehending. We’re going to adjourn this deposition if this happens again because you are offending every single person.
A. Don’t speak for anybody in here except yourself f**k face.
Q. I’m speaking for myself and I’m speaking for the Court Reporter.
A. If she had a problem with me she would say something. She knows it’s [not] directed toward her. It’s directed to you because you’re a piece of s**t and a piece of garbage and I’m the only person in your life that is f**king up your world and I enjoy it. I enjoy it and when you sit there and say I’m perpetrating a fraud I’m just better at the law than you are and you can’t get in the f**king door and it’s pissing you off. Keep trying.
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Q. Well, do you know the purpose for these transactions?
A. Why the f**k would I know that?
Q. I’m just asking you whether you know.
A. Why the f**k would I know that?
Q. I’m asking whether or not you know that.
A. It’s got nothing to do with the transaction. Don’t ask stupid questions. Ask smart questions.
Q. So if Mr. Petinton were to say that he knew the purpose of these transactions that you knew-
A. It doesn’t make a difference.
Q. -he’d be lying?
A. I don’t give a flying f**k what he’s lying about. It has no bearing. Stick to the here and now; you’ll get out of here quicker because I’ll take months. You’ll be back and forth. I’ll make your life miserable. Trust me. You’ll be drinking breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. Start asking some real questions.
Q. All right. So this-
A. You want to know what color I wipe my ass with? I swear to you, my four-year-old knows more than you.
Is it just me or is there something unsettling about the intimate knowledge this four year old has about his/her father?
Is there anything NOT unsettling about this deposition?!
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