The Legal Intelligencer reports:
A federal judge has levied sanctions of more than $29,000 on a lawyer and his client after finding that a deposition was a “spectacular failure” because of the client’s constant use of vulgar language and insults and dodging or refusing to answer questions, and his lawyer’s failure to rein him in.
From the opinion:
Throughout his deposition, [Aaron Wider, the owner
and chief executive officer of Defendant HTFC Corp,] sought to intimidate opposing counsel by maintaining a persistently hostile demeanor, employing uncivil insults, and using profuse vulgarity.Q. [T]his is your loan file, what do Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald do for a living?
A. I don