“OBJECTION! ARGUMENTATIVE” IS THAT REALLY A VALID OBJECTION DURING CROSS EXAMINTION?
An outstanding Seattle plaintiff’s trial lawyer & I have been discussing the common objection made during cross examination that the question is “argumentative” because of a trial we have a common interest in where the judge sustains cross examination questions that directly challenge the witnesses testimony as untruthful where the objection of “argumentative” is made. My position is that cross examination is confrontational and a testing ground for witness credibility by challenging the witness. I believe that judges who sustain an objection to the…