What Is It With Texas Depositions?

As if this Texas deposition (or this one) wasn't bad enough, here's another Texas deposition that goes to hell in a handbasket from the get go. And yet somehow, against all odds, things manage to deteriorate even further right around the 4 minute mark.

After watching this video, I've only got  one question:  Why does the man closest to the camera insist on wearing pantyhose (or perhaps it's a do-rag) over his face in that particular fashion.  Is this a deposition or a bank robbery?

As an aside, I regularly feature pretty damn funny stuff--especially for a legal blog.  The archives of this section of Sui Generis can be accessed here.  My new blog, Legal Antics, which is devoted solely to legal humor can be accessed here.  Check it out.  And, stop back again.

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Comments

[AM]

I'm curious to know what the case was about.

[Walter James]

While I was not involved in this deposition, I did speak with the court reporter about this deposition. This video is about twenty years old. The young woman was suing for injuries allegedly sustained in an auto accident. The Court Reporter recognized the woman from a previous deposition taken by another lawyer in the same office and alerted this lawyer to the other cases. The gentleman with the pantyhose over his head put them on before the vide deposition started but after the video tape began rolling (the original version is about twenty minutes long). The videographer was assaulted by the gentleman in wearing the pantyhose and did about $3K damage to the camera. I do not know what ever became of the lawsuit.

[Dan]

Seeing someone crying in pain is what it takes to "not be disappointed" You vultures make me sick.

[Dan sucks]

Dan- Shut the hell up. Another parasitic process-hater. Who is the first person you think of when you get injured by another and it is their fault? ...Exactly

[Assman]

Yes, Dan, when the person who gets hurt was a complete and utter bitch just minutes before she was hurt, I laugh.

She got exactly what was coming to her, and the kicker was that it was her own friend that did it to her.

That video was totally awesome.

[lionel hutz, esq]

I have had a copy of this tape for ten years. Walter James is correct, it is about 20 years old. The depo takes about 25 minutes total. The non-sensical answers of the deponent, Gidget Lewis, are interrupted by the outbursts of her mother, Linda, and the sleepy comments of Alton Moy, wearing a nylon panty hose on his head. Mr. Moy wears the mask because "My face ain't sposed to be videotaped by you peoples no how". The plaintiffs are unrepresented, as their prior counsel, "Mr. Hena-hosay" has withdrawn. The way they are treated is indeed "unpredictable"

Several years ago, I googled Gidget, who was serving 30 years in a Texas Prison for armed robbery. this link does not have her picture, but the old link did and it was definitely her.http://whateveritisimagainstit.blogspot.com/1997_01_01_archive.html

[whatchutalkinboutwillis]

You know that's right. My favorite part is when Big Mmama stuffs a cold coke in her bag before deliering her "unpredictable" diatribe. Boo hoo.......

[Steve]

Ms. Black, I know you fancy NY attornies think you're 'all that and a bag of chips', but I'll be their have been a few intersting depositions that you would rather forget about too.

[NBlack]

Steve--I'm oh-so-flattered that you chose to call me a "fancy NY attorney". But, I strongly suspect that some of those "fancy" NYC attorneys--especially those in Big Law--would beg to differ with your characterization;)

And, thanks to some of the above commenters for the info. re: the background of this deposition. I'd always wondered how it came to be.

[blc]

I took her a minute to realize that she'd been hit in the head and had another frivolous lawsuit on her hands. But once she did, my how the sobs rolled.

[Katherine]

Does anyone have any way of tracking down more details about this footage (like who shot it, where it was shot)? I'm working on trying to get this cleared for a television show. Any info would help! Thank you!

[Al]

I saw this depo footage years ago; it was being passed around on videotape all around the southeast back in the mid 90s. The version I saw did not have the assault on the videographer at the end. Also, the full version is better as it explains why the guy is wearing pantyhose in the depo.

[Steve-O]

this is kind of sad actually.

[Priceless]

Wow, ain't karma a b*tch. If that video isn't the absolute defintion of "priceless": a bellowing, non-sensical gold-digger gets whacked in the head by her own cracked out friend. Good stuff.

[steven]

The full deposition has been circulated. It shows them stealing sodas while the layers step out momentarily. Additionally, it shows that cat putting the stocking over his head. More laughs than Caddy Shack. "Don't you worry 'bout dat".

[Mark Archibald]

Hi..
Just watched the video...Very
funny, instant Karma too!
I wanted to know if the assaulted
cameraman sued the pantyhose-head,
and if "big Mama" tried to sue
for getting smacked by her idiot
friend?