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What is the best objection to the following question:
"Since you are not a doctor, would you characterize your job as inconsequential or meaningless because you’re just a PA?"
What is the best objection?
""You saw the defendant leave at 10pm, correct?"
Objection: Leading
CEC 764 and 767
Leading questions: questions that are suggestive of the answer. They are not allowed on direct examination or re-direct except for preliminary matters, non-controversial, undisputed or inconsequential facts
On what pages of the Evidence wheel can you find "Objections to the Form of the Question"?
Pages 12 and 13
Which objection: Question based on a hypothetical based on facts inconsistent with the facts of the case OR leaves out necessary or relevant facts
Objection: Incomplete or improper hypothetical
Which type of witness examination has no scope limitation and is limited only by the rules of evidence?
Direct Examination
What is the best objection to the following question asked of Eric Patrick:
"Do you think the walkway was safe to use per MSHA standards?"
Objection: Calls for an expert opinion/inadmissible opinion
Question presenting two or more issues, but only seeks a single answer
Objection: Compound question
What are you objecting to when you make an objection to form of the question?
Unlike other objections that take issue with the content of the evidence (think objections like hearsay, character evidence), objection to form is concerned with the question itself, not the answers.
What is the best objection?
Hypo:
Q - Did you participate in AMG&A's Jeopardy on Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026?
A - No.
Q - Did you answer any of their questions?
A - No.
Q - Did you raise your hand at all?
A - No.
Objection: Asked and answered.
Which objection relates to two witnesses testifying about the exact same answer
Objection: Cumulative
Which objection: Improperly describes the testimony or draws inferences reserved for the jury.
Objection: Misstatement, misrepresentation, or misquote of the witness's testimony
Asking the witness whether the party is culpable, guilty, liable, etc.
Objection: Calls for legal conclusion
Procedure for objecting to form during a depo
"When a depo question is objectionable because of 'the form of the question,' the opposing attorney must state, 'object to the form of the question' or 'object [citing specific form objection listed in Evidence Wheel Section 7].'"
[Counsel has already introduced three witnesses who each testified that the intersection had poor visibility, and now calls a fourth]
"Would you agree the intersection had poor visibility?" —
Objection: Cumulative
What is the best objection, and how can it be fixed?
“What happened the day the documents were stolen?”
Objective: Narrative
Proper Form: Make the questions narrower and more specific.
1. What time did you arrive
2. What did you see when you got to work
3. Who did you speak to?
What are the two best objections to the following question on direct exam?
“Is it true that you signaled, adjusted the radio, and changed lanes?”
Objection: Leading and compound.
What is the appropriate objection to form?
Hypo: Plaintiff's attorney calls John Snow as a lay witness in a defamation trial. The attorney asks, "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
Objection: Calls for an expert opinion. The attorney is asking a lay witness to testify about something that sounds really technical.
Is this objectionable?
Hypo: Tessa Thompson, an expert witness about acting, is asked by the other party's attorney, "Given how bad your latest performance, how can we take anything you say seriously?"
Yes. Objection: Insulting the witness. While the quality of her latest performance may be relevant to her credibility as an expert testifying about acting, the phrasing of the question is incredibly insulting (and wrong because Tessa Thompson is an incredible actress).
[Counsel asks a lay witness]
“Would you say the driver was going over 65mph?”
No objection, because a witness doesn’t need any specialized knowledge to estimate someone going over a speed limit
What is the best objection:
witness " I couldn't tell who was driving the car."
attorney " But considering everything you observed that night would you agree the defendant was probably the driver?"
Objection: Argumentative, because the attorney is asking the witness to adopt counsel's inference from the evidence when the witness has already answered that they do not know
What are the two best objections?
"When did you stop lying to your supervisor about the missing money?"
Objections: Argumentative and assumes facts not in evidence
Is this objectionable?
Hypo: Attorney asks the witness, "SO like what if you like I don't know maybe ok sorry what do you remember about the thingy or whatever?"
Yes. Objection: ambiguous, confusing, and unintelligible
What is the proper objection to form?
Hypo:
Witness: "Yea I saw Halpert prank Mr. Schrute by putting his stuff in jello."
Attorney: "When you saw Mr. Halpert terrorize Mr. Schrute by destroying his property, why didn't you intervene?"
Objection: Misstatement of mischaracterization of the testimony.
What is the best objection?
Mark the Attorney: During your deposition, did you say, "I hit her."?
Tommy Wiseau: I did not hit her, it's not true, it's bullshit, I did not hit her.
Mark the Attorney: On line 30 of your deposition, does it not say that you did hit her?
Objection: Improper impeachment. Mark did not follow the proper procedure outlined on page 32 of of the Trial Wheel for impeaching with a deposition.