Volume I, Volume I, Volume I

[Judy]

I just took days 4 & 5 of a witness.  Since the first three days were taken by another firm -- and there's LOTS of names/terms -- I asked the assistant to send me the previous three days so I could get spellings and an ending page number.

The previous reporter labeled the days as follows (made-up dates): 

January 1, 2011 - Volume I

January 2, 2011 - Volume I

January 3, 2011 - Volume I

Three days right in a row, taken by the same reporter, all labeled Volume I.

Am I missing something here?   How do most others do it?

Also, she started each day with page 1.

 

Judy

 

[Martha R]

What?  Unless one was a PMK depo or something it doesn't make sense they are all volume I.  Is it a different subject matter for each depo?  I would call the reporter and find out.

[Marge Teilhaber (TILE hobber)]

It's totally possible that this was the way that reporter was told to do it.

Otherwise that reporter is a big dummy.  Of course day 2 and thereafter of a witness would the next volume with continued pagination.  I always check with the attorneys how they want it and never assume.

[Judy]

I said to them, "Since this is Vol 4 -- right? -- I'd love to get the ending page of Vol 3 so it's consecutive.  They all nodded, oh, yeah, that'd be great! 

I'm SOL on that, I guess.

And, Martha, it was plaintiff's depo, all about her case, no "new" categories.  

I just can't figure out what was going on with the reporter that she'd label them all Volume I.  I thought somebody else could shed some light on it for me.  

I wish we could do emoticons on this site, I'd insert a big <shaking head>. 

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

Wow, that's a first for me.  I definitely think he/she was confused there.

[Janiece Young]

Do you think it might be an oversight on the reporter's part?  Maybe she cut and pasted the title page and forgot to change the volume number?

[Judy]

No, because she did use (Cont'd) after each "Volume I" (I didn't even notice that at first, or I would have commented on that in my first post).  

But does that make any difference? 

And I did check the CSR board Web site and she received her license over ten years ago, so not a newbie (and not a bad looking transcript except it could have used a better proofreader).

I did clarify with all attorneys that this was Vol 4 & 5 and they did want consecutive numbering (as I said, I don't see how I can do that now).

I was informed when I got there that they had all agreed at the beginning of the case that they would ALL use the same firm/reporter.  When I found out I was the replacement reporter (and replacement firm), I was told it was because they wanted an "old school" reporter.

Hmm.  I guess I'm starting to understand.  That old brain of mine, you know?

[Martha R]

"Old school reporter."   Yesterday I would have taken that as an insult.  Today it's a compliment.

[Judy]

No kidding!

[Janiece Young]

Hmm, I wonder why they switched reporters???

Well, I'm stumped, Judy, on the volume deal.  I guess the only way to know why that reporter did that would be to ask her.

[Deborah M.]

It was probably sheer laziness -- too lazy to bother making sure the pagination lined up.

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

I thought that was something you learn/do right out of school, no exceptions unless an attorney requests otherwise.  I'd sure like to know what her thinking is.  She probably is on this website.  Judy, you should put her name in the search box and see if she comes up.

[Rosalie DeLeonardis]

Sure hope it wasn't the agency who changed her transcripts thinking she made a mistake, or maybe she forgot to change them and then didn't bother to correct.   I had an agency change the street address because the address they had in their system didn't match what I had on my transcript, and then on top of that they photocopied it and sent it to me letting me know I made a mistake.  I told them never, ever, ever, ever, eveeeerrrrr change something in my transcript again without calling me first, that the depo ended up being across the street at the other dealership's office.