Lawyers. What was your face palm moment in court? I was representing a plaintiff in a hit-and-run

case. Plaintiff is testifying and is, despite me preparing them for several hours the previous day,

an absolutely terrible witness for her own case. Like she couldn't even identify the street she

was crossing when she was hit by the car.

It was a major highway and we'd gone through the sequence of events countless times the day

before the hearing. The, oh crap moment, came during cross-examination. Defense counsel pulls out a

picture of my client, dressed up and ready to hit the club, which was posted to Facebook the day

after the alleged incident. I, which was posted to Facebook the day after the alleged

incident. I, thinking quickly, object because the timestamp refers to when it was posted,

not when it was taken. Defense counsel shows the picture to my client and asks her when the

picture was taken. Sure enough, they say it was taken the day after the accident when she was

supposedly in unbearable pain.

Oh, crap. Just as well, they didn't deserve to get anything.

When I was in college, I was a bailiff. Guy is on trial for murder. First witness testified

that she saw the defendant shoot the victim. Second witness states the same. Police officer testimony is that he arrived at the scene and defendant was there holding the piece.

Coroner testimony is that the first bullet hit the victim in the arm,

the second one hit the victim in the torso, and the third one hit the victim in the heart, which was the fatal shot.

The defendant yells out, See, that proves I didn't do it. I only shot the mother fudger twice.

Sat in on a personal injury case where the plaintiff broke their leg in an accident and had a doctor on the stand as an expert.

The woman's lawyer begins questioning the doctor about their experience with leg injuries.

He was a well-known orthopedic surgeon in the area.

She asks if he's ever treated a tibular fracture.

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