TIDBIT TUESDAY
The Trials of Testimony; Expert Witnessing
By Richard Bays JD, MBA, RN, LNCC, LCP-C, MCP-C, MSA-C
Excerpt AANLCP Spring 2022
Understand When You Don’t Understand
Most depositions start with introductions and the attorney
will typically instruct that if you don’t understand what they
are asking then you will say so. They further state that if you
answer the question they assume you understood it. An
expert should never attempt to answer a question that they
simply do not understand. If there is a term, a phrase, or even
a full sentence that is not clear you should not attempt to
reason out what you “think” they are asking. If the attorney
asks a question that is composed of multiple parts or ideas,
do not attempt to answer it. As an expert, you should ask
them to repeat the question. If it is still unclear you should
state that fact. Questions that contain multiple parts are
difficult to dissect and track, therefore you should always
ask for clarity. One strategy is to repeat what you heard as
the question and ask if that is correct. An example would
be, “What was the level of the spinal injury? Is that the
question you are asking?”
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8moCongrats Rick! Impressive to do that with 2 kids as well