Just The Facts
Procedural Problems
Deposition Drama
Fun with Precedent
Clash of Approaches
100

This medical journal is at the heart of Dr. Edison's changed testimony.

What is Modern Medicine?

100

In his first amended complaint, Jaegermeier raised this claim.

What is a defective warning claim?  May frame differently - key - include idea of defect and warning.  

100

According to Rule 30(e), a deponent has this many days to make changes to his transcript after it becomes available to him.

What is 30?

100

Ralston involved a _______ _________, which is more like an affidavit than a deposition errata sheet.

What is a sworn declaration?

100

This approach is the recent trend and growing minority view.  

What is the narrow approach? 

200

The FDA approved a label change for Targetall in this month and year.

What is November 2020?

200

This standard of review applies to a district court's evidentiary rulings.

What is Abuse of Discretion?

200

As part of the broad approach, original answers are allowed to be kept as part of the original record as a safeguard against this.  

What is bad faith?  

200

The Greenway Court famously noted that a deposition is not a ________________.  

What is a take-home examination?

200

This approach adopts the traditional and majority view.  

What is the broad approach?

300

Modern Medicine published an article about the significant risks of kidney injury associated with Targetall in this month and year.

What is October 2020?

300

This standard of review applies to a district court's interpretation of Rule 30(e).

What is De Novo?

300

Rule 30(e) allows a deponent to make changes to his testimony in form and this.

What is substance?

300

The Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits have all recognized that a conflicting deposition errata sheet is like a _________ ______________.

What is a conflicting affidavit?  

300

This approach recognizes that witnesses sometimes need to make changes for legitimate reasons.  

What is the broad approach? 

400

Dr. Edison took this many days to complete his review of his deposition transcript after it became available.

What is five? 

400
All appellate judges on a circuit court sit together to rehear a case.  

What is a rehearing en banc?  

400

To determine whether to disregard a contradictory errata sheet, courts consider multiple factors, including whether the witness was __________ during earlier testimony.  

What is cross-examined?  

400

Some courts find that the sham affidavit rule applies to an interested party, but does not apply to a ___________.

Who is a non-party witness?  

400

Under the narrow approach, only _______ ________ are considered permissible deposition changes under Rule 30. 

What are transcription errors?  

500

A solution of equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory enantiomers is known as this.

What is a racemic compound?

500
In ruling on a summary judgment motion, all evidence should be construed in the light most favorable to the _____________ __________. 

Who is the non-moving party? 

500

If a deponent makes changes to his testimony, he must sign a statement listing the changes in addition to doing this.

What is provide the reasons for the changes?

500

Virtually all circuits have adopted this rule, which plays a vital role in our jurisprudence.  

What is the sham affidavit rule?

500
____ __________ to a deposition are allowed under a broad approach.  

All changes