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So, we took Gary Coleman and Shannon Price's depositions on February 19, 2009. The depositions were taken in Provo, Utah, at the law offices of Flickinger & Sutterfield because either Gary and/or Shannon was unwilling to travel to my law firm's office in Salt Lake City. Shannon Price went first and her deposition lasted around two and a half hours. Gary Coleman's deposition was second and lasted about the same amount of time. Gary was in the room for all of Shannon's deposition, however, Shannon left the office for all of Gary's deposition. Terry Plant of Plant Christensen & Kanell represented both Gary and Shannon in their depositions. The depositions were recored by a certified court reporter, Cathy Kennedy, from DepomaxMerit. In addition, DepomaxMerit had a certified videographer record video both depositions.
Anyone that has followed the case already knows that, pursuant to Gary Coleman's request, Fourth District Judge Samuel McVey ruled that the videotaped deposition of Gary Coleman won’t be released to the public until the personal injury lawsuit against the actor over the incident at the Payson bowling alley is settled.
On Tuesday, February 17th, 2009, the Judge said that he was worried about whether there would be a fair trial if people in a jury pool had seen the deposition video on YouTube or something similar. Article The Judge did not apply any special protections beyond the standard rules for Gary Coleman's deposition transcript or for any either part of Shannon Price's deposition. Don't ask me if that means that copies of Shannon's video or eithers' transcripts are available for the press (several have already called). I do not know. I will refer all such inquiries to DepomaxMerit.
I think the depositions went quite well and lots of useful testimony was gathered. In fact, based on what was said by Gary Coleman and Shannon Price in their depositions, I am looking at preparing and filing a Motion for Summary Judgment against Shannon Price for all of the claims made against her in the incident. I doubt the same will be filed against Gary Coleman and it looks like we will forced into a trial on the case against him, although, I will review the transcripts before making either of these decisions.
Updates will be provided at a later date.
Dustin Lance, Attorney for Colt Rushton
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