Facebook used during Plaintiff’s Deposition

I just got out of a deposition this morning and the client did pretty well. However, defense counsel pulled out and questioned her about 9 posts from Facebook that had nothing to do with her injuries or the lawsuit. Basically, there were a lot of inferences based upon events or statements that someone would not have normally related to the lawsuit. The lesson: Remember anything you say on Social Media can be used against you in car accident lawsuits, divorce, cases, etc. If you are involved in some kind of legal proceedings, use your phone to vent to your friends rather than create a lifelong record of what you said.