I have been in a plaintiff depo since June 4. Plaintiff’s counsel is a bit unreasonable. It was crossed noticed for three cases and she is threatening to end the depo before all defense counsel had a chance to ask their questions. I haven’t been able to ask mine yet for a few clients that have not been ID. I am worried I will get cut off. Any advice on what I should do or how to handle this?

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Coordinate with the other co-defendants. Not everyone needs to ask the same stuff and not all co-defendants need same amount of time. Very common in toxic tort cases with like 10-15 defendants. Everyone then moves expeditiously when it’s their turn on specifics to their clients.

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