Videotape Depositions

Videotape depositions play a key role in multimedia trial presentations. A skilled trial lawyer can weave a damaging party admission in a videotape deposition into opening statement, the presentation of evidence and closing argument. When videotapes and documents are transferred onto laser disk, the key admissions of several deponents can be played back to back, instantaneously exposing contradictions or inconsistencies. Obviously, impeachment is even more devastating when the witness is forced to watch himself make contradictory statements on a television monitor.