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Deposition of Mike Brown has been released. This thread is going to get bigger ... soon.
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If it isn't straight from DR's mouth, I don't believe it.
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05-30-2008, 07:14 PM
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OK, this has been driving me nuts. Can some legal eagle explain this? Why does Robon keep objecting to questions, then telling his client "you can answer,"? I know that would never happen in court; what's different about a deposition?
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05-30-2008, 07:27 PM
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In many jurisdictions a lawyer must preserve any objections to questions asked of o witness during a deposition by formally objecting to the question when it is asked. If the lawyer fails to object at that time, in most cases he is deemed to waive the objection and cannot complain latter at trial when the answer to the question is read from the deposition transcript. The lawyer directs the witness to answer in cases where there is a belief that a judge would overrule the objection in order to avoid having to call all of the people involved in the deposition for another sitting. A lawyer will direct a witness not to answer a question when the answer would infringe on some privilege such as attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, priest-penitent privilege, physician-patient privilege and the like. If the lawyer allows the witness to divulge privileged information, then the privilege is waived.
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05-30-2008, 07:54 PM
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In many jurisdictions a lawyer must preserve any objections to questions asked of o witness during a deposition by formally objecting to the question when it is asked. If the lawyer fails to object at that time, in most cases he is deemed to waive the objection and cannot complain latter at trial when the answer to the question is read from the deposition transcript. The lawyer directs the witness to answer in cases where there is a belief that a judge would overrule the objection in order to avoid having to call all of the people involved in the deposition for another sitting. A lawyer will direct a witness not to answer a question when the answer would infringe on some privilege such as attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, priest-penitent privilege, physician-patient privilege and the like. If the lawyer allows the witness to divulge privileged information, then the privilege is waived.
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Thanks....I think I understand now: the rule is in place to keep lawyers from dragging trials out absurd lengths of time by objecting to lines of questioning that they didn't like the answers from in the deposition; the lawyers will therefore object to pretty much the entire case just to preserve their right to do it later and hope that when they later review the deposition they can find something that will stick in court. Probably also helps keep the opposition from knowing exactly when an objection will be raised during the trial. Does that sound right? Robon does this all the time and it was kind of keeping me from understanding exactly what was going on in the depositions.
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05-30-2008, 08:17 PM
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The objection-you may answer line is done to save time and expense. When you consider the crowded court dockets and a general practice by judges from interfering too much in the deposition process, the time involved with court reporters, witnesses, attorneys and their commitments to other trials, and on and on, nothing would get done if the parties were forced to run to the courthouse for every little thing.
Changing the subject a little I have only started reading Brown's testimony, and I am amazed that the man as an agent does not have a written contract with any of his coaching clients. I would not do a simple tax return today without a person signing an engagement letter the sets out at a minimum the scope of my duties and the compensation expected. Robon is an absolute tool. On page 46 of the deposition Robin states that only attorneys have clients. Agents have customers. EDIT - starting at page 99 the deposition gets real interesting. Recall that Brown admits that neither he nor his buddy Eric are lawyers when reading these pages. Also recall from RR's deposition that no other lawyer was involved in advising RR on the last WVU contract amendment. You get what you pay for.
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05-30-2008, 08:45 PM
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Starting a page 111, Line 13, Brown just sunk the Good Ship RR. Brown admits that RR signed the last WVU contract amendment against the advice given to him by his own 2 agents, his wife, his financial adviser, and his attorney who was only handling deferred comp matters. I see a motion for summary judgment on RR's fraud complaint coming real soon. No wonder the WVU attorneys stated to the paper that they see nothing substantive happening during mediation. EDIT - recall Brown making statements when this dispute first arose about bombshells dropping. LOL!!!
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05-31-2008, 08:31 AM
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Mike Brown was known as the "Waterboy" who advertised success in picking college and pro football games. Brown claims he was only doing a friend a favor and was not betting games himself. Apparently he regularly appeared on WKNR.
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