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This is the deposition of Norman Weistuch.  Comments are in red and are preceded by an asterisk (*) for ease of searching.  The names (of the parties and some others) involved have been changed.  This web page will be updated later as time permits.

 

Supreme Court of New Jersey - Ward v. Zelikovsky, 136 N.J. 516  (1994):

 

Opinions -

“opinion statements, in contrast, are generally not capable of proof of truth or falsity because they reflect person's state of mind;  hence, opinion statements generally receive substantial protection under law.  U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 1.”
                In my opinion, Weistuch is absolutely incompetent, stupid, easily manipulated, and unprofessional.  He should not be used by any attorney nor appointed by any court. 

 

 “True statements are absolutely protected under First Amendment.  U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 1.”

“In sum, speech that is true cannot be defamation, as the interests in communicating truth outweigh any indiviidual’s interest in his or her reputation”

I will let the reader determine the facts after reading the below.

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         1                  SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY

                            CHANCERY DIVISION - FAMILY PART

         2                  MERCER COUNTY

                            DOCKET NO. FM-23-11-06-D

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              THOMAS SMITH,

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                            Plaintiff,           DEPOSITION OF:

         6         vs.

                                               NORMAN WEISTUCH,Ph.D.

         7    SALLY SMITH,

 

         8                  Defendant.

 

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                                    JANUARY 17, 2006

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        14                     Oral depositions were taken at the

 

        15    law offices of DAVID PERRY DAVIS, ESQ., 112 West

 

        16    Franklin Avenue, Pennington, New Jersey, before KIM A.

 

        17    GHILARDI, License No. XI00765, a Notary Public,

 

        18    Certified Shorthand Reporter of the State of New

 

        19    Jersey and Registered Professional Reporter, on the

 

        20    above date, commencing at 10:00 a.m.

 

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        22                   TWIN COURT REPORTING, INC.

                           CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS

        23                     11 JENNINGS DRIVE

                           ALLENTOWN, NEW JERSEY 08501

        24                        609-259-1228

                          (e-mail: foxtwincsr@aol.com)

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         4           LAW OFFICES OF DAVID PERRY DAVIS

                          112 West Franklin Avenue

         5                Pennington, New Jersey   08534

                     BY:  DAVID PERRY DAVIS, ESQ.

         6           COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

 

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                     TEICH GROH

         8                109 Franklin Corner Road

                          Lawrenceville, New Jersey   08648

         9           BY:  CAROL OSWALD, ESQ.

                     COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

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        16                 TWIN COURT REPORTING, INC.

                         CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTERS

        17                    11 JENNINGS DRIVE

                            ALLENTOWN, NEW JERSEY 08501

        18                       609-259-1228

                          (e-mail: foxtwincsr@aol.com)

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         1    N O R M A N    W E I S T U C H,    Ph.D.,    194

 

         2    Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey, having been

 

         3    first duly sworn according to law, testifies as

 

         4    follows:

 

         5    EXAMINATION BY MR. DAVIS:

 

         6          Q       Good morning.  This is the deposition of

 

         7    Dr. Norman Weistuch in relationship to Smith

 

         8    versus Smith, which is FM-11-23-06-D.  As you

 

         9    know, my name is David Perry Davis.  I represent

 

        10    Thomas Smith in these proceedings.  Let's start

 

        11    at the beginning.  Could you state for the record your

 

        12    profession, please?

 

        13          A       Psychologist.

 

        14          Q       And are you a licensed clinical

 

        15    psychologist?

 

        16          A       I'm a licensed psychologist.

 

        17          Q       Have you ever been deposed before?

 

        18          A       Yes.

 

* You be the judge.

Dr. Weistuch testifies that he cannot recall a single name of any case he's ever been involved with.  Not one.  Is it credible or is it perjury?

 

 

        19          Q       Can you think of any cases in which you

 

        20    have been deposed?

 

        21          A       Not off the top of my head.

 

        22          Q       You can't recall a single case in which

 

        23    you were deposed?

 

        24          A       Not off the top of my head.

 

        25          Q       Do you recall whether it was -- whether

 

 

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         1    there were attorneys, the names of the attorneys that

 

         2    were deposing you?

 

         3          A       Not off the top of my head.

 

         4          Q       Okay.  Have you ever been cross-examined

 

         5    in court before?

 

         6          A       Yes.

 

         7          Q       Can you think of any of the case names

 

         8    in which you were --

 

         9          A       Not off the top of my head.  You've been

 

        10    warned about this, about my having to do research if

 

        11    you were going to go here.

 

        12          Q       How many times have you been deposed?

 

        13          A       I don't recall.

 

        14          Q       How many cases have you testified in?

 

        15          A       About four or five.

 

        16          Q       Four or five times you have testified in

 

        17    court?

 

        18          A       Something like that.

 

        19          Q       What counties have you testified in?

 

        20          A       I can't recall off the top of my head.

 

        21          Q       Okay.  Have you testified in Mercer

 

        22    County?

 

        23          A       Yes.

 

        24          Q       Have you testified before Judge LeWinn?

 

        25          A       No.

 

 

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         1          Q       Have you testified before Judge Ostrer?

 

         2          A       Yes.

 

         3          Q       Have you testified before Judge Grall?

 

         4          A       No.

 

         5          Q       Have you testified before Judge Ocurso

 

         6    (ph)?

 

         7          A       No.

 

         8          Q       Have you testified before Judge

 

         9    Blackburn?

 

        10          A       No.

 

        11          Q       Have you testified before Judge Kelly?

 

        12          A       No.

 

        13          Q       Have you testified before Judge Council?

 

        14          A       No.

 

        15          Q       Have you testified in Somerset County?

 

        16          A       Yes.

 

        17          Q       Have you testified before Judge Dilts?

 

        18          A       Not that I can recall.

 

        19          Q       Have you testified before Judge

 

        20    Bartlett?

 

        21          A       Yes.

 

        22          Q       Have you testified before Judge Marino?

 

        23          A       No.

 

        24          Q       Have you testified before Judge Kumpf?

 

        25          A       No.

 

 

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         1          Q       Have you testified in Middlesex County?

 

         2          A       Not that I can recall.

 

         3          Q       Have you testified in Hunterdon County?

 

         4          A       Yes.

 

         5          Q       And do you recall what judges you

 

         6    testified before?

 

         7          A       I just remember it was the judge before

 

         8    Judge Herr.

 

         9          Q       Are you saying it was before Judge Herr

 

        10    that you testified?

 

        11          A       Correct.

 

        12          Q       And you don't remember any of the case

 

        13    names?

 

        14          A       No, not that I can recall.

 

        15          Q       And where did you go to college,

 

        16    undergraduate?

 

        17          A       City College of New York.

 

        18          Q       Which location?

 

        19          A       Which location?

 

        20          Q       There are several, aren't there?

 

        21          A       Yes.  Uptown.  But actually it's not

 

        22    called City College of New York any other place any

 

        23    longer, if you want to be that specific.

 

        24          Q       What was your undergraduate major?

 

        25          A       Psychology.

 

 

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         1          Q       Were you employed when you were in

 

         2    college?

 

         3          A       No.

 

         4          Q       All right.  When did you graduate,

 

         5    undergraduate?

 

         6          A       1974.

 

         7          Q       And when did you begin graduate school?

 

         8          A       1975.

 

         9          Q       And what is the degree that you were

 

        10    awarded out of graduate school?

 

        11          A       Well, I have a degree that is an MSDC,

 

        12    Master of Science in Education from City College of

 

        13    New York and my Ph.D. from Penn State University.

 

        14          Q       Showing you a document I'm going to ask

 

        15    to be marked for identification P-1, your curriculum

 

        16    vitae.

 

        17                  (Curriculum vitae marked as Exhibit P-1

 

        18             for Identification.)

 

        19          Q       Do you recognize this document to be

 

        20    your curriculum vitae?

 

        21          A       Vitae, yes.

 

        22          Q       Now, your degree was as a school

 

        23    psychologist?

 

        24          A       Correct.

 

        25          Q       And what is the difference between a

 

 

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         1    school psychologist and clinical psychologist?

 

         2          A       There is a framework that is based on

 

         3    schools and evaluation as well as work with children

 

         4    and it used to be at the times that I was studying for

 

         5    my degree, there was completely limited programs in

 

         6    child clinical psychology and for those people who

 

         7    were working with children and families, the

 

         8    preferable road to go was school psychology.

 

         9          Q       Okay.  Was it more of a focus on

 

        10    academic issues?

 

        11          A       Absolutely no.  It was an

 

        12    interdisciplinary program and the focus was based on

 

        13    certainly psychological assessment but the framework

 

        14    of working with children and families allowed you to

 

        15    take courses in a variety of different disciplines.

 

        16          Q       Did you graduate with any kind of

 

        17    honors, magna cum laude, summa cum laude?

 

        18          A       To my knowledge, they don't have such a

 

        19    framework when you graduate graduate school.  Were my

 

        20    grades within that range?  Yes.

 

        21          Q       And what was the first employment after

 

        22    you graduated?

 

        23          A       I was involved, well, when you say

 

        24    graduation, that's a little bit vague.

 

        25          Q       Let me back up for a second.  When did

 

 

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         1    you complete your classes for your doctorate?

 

         2          A       My classes were completed in 1980.  And

 

         3    the first job I held required an internship, that's a

 

         4    doctoral level internship working for Carbon Lehigh

 

         5    Intermediate Unit in Lehigh County.  Actually, Carbon

 

         6    and Lehigh Counties in Pennsylvania.

 

         7          Q       Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit?

 

         8          A       Um-hum.

 

         9          Q       Obviously your C.V. doesn't reflect

 

        10    that.

 

        11          A       I have two C.V.s since I do matrimonial

 

        12    work as well as work in the schools and I keyed in to

 

        13    be specific to the things that are related to whatever

 

        14    it is I am doing.

 

        15          Q       Did you write a dissertation for your

 

        16    doctorate?

 

        17          A       Yes.

 

        18          Q       And when was your doctorate degree?

 

        19          A       1987.

 

        20          Q       So it was seven years between completing

 

        21    the classes and having a degree awarded?

 

        22          A       Um-hum.  Which is not uncommon.

 

        23          Q       What was the topic of your dissertation?

 

        24          A       It was the role of school psychologists

 

        25    and history of special education in the Commonwealth

 

 

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         1    of Pennsylvania.

 

         2          Q       And that would be also the name of it, I

 

         3    assume?

 

         4          A       That was the name of it.

 

         5          Q       Now, when were you licensed in the State

 

         6    of New Jersey?

 

         7          A       1990.

 

         8          Q       Just to clarify, I'm talking about

 

         9    licensed as a psychologist.

 

        10          A       Yes.

 

        11          Q       And what organizations license you?  Is

 

        12    it the state?

 

        13          A       Um-hum.

 

        14          Q       Are you licensed by any other

 

        15    organization?

 

        16          A       No.  I mean, when you say license, no.

 

        17    There is a certification as a school psychologist

 

        18    which is also by the State of New Jersey.

 

        19          Q       And you also hold that certification?

 

        20          A       That is correct.

 

        21          Q       Have there been any complaints filed

 

        22    against you?

 

        23          A       Yes.

 

        24          Q       And how were they resolved?

 

        25          A       Every single one was dismissed.  As you

 

 

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         1    are, I am sure, aware, there is a high degree of that

 

         2    in matrimonial work in this state.

 

         3          Q       About how many complaints were

 

         4    dismissed?

 

         5          A       I believe it was five.

 

         6          Q       Do you recall the names of any of the

 

         7    people that filed the complaints?

 

         8          A       No, I do not.  Not without research.

 

         9          Q       So you went through the entire Complaint

 

        10    procedure, a Complaint was filed and served on you and

 

        11    you answered the Complaint?

 

        12          A       Yes.

 

        13          Q       You defended yourself?

 

        14          A       Yes.

 

        15          Q       Did you defend yourself without an

 

        16    attorney?

 

        17          A       No.  On a couple of occasions yes and

 

        18    most occasions, no.

 

        19          Q       Who was the attorney that you used?

 

        20          A       I don't see the relevance of this.

 

        21          Q       Who is the attorney that you used,

 

        22    please?

 

        23          A       It was Christopher Barbrack (ph) but I

 

        24    don't see the relevance of this.

 

        25          Q       And you don't recall after going through

 

 

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         1    the entire process any of the names of any of the

 

         2    complainants?

 

         3          A       No, I do not.

 

         4          Q       Are you a member of the American

 

         5    Psychological Association?

 

         6          A       Yes.

 

         7          Q       And the New Jersey Psychological

 

         8    Association?

 

         9          A       Yes.

 

        10          Q       How long have you been a member of each,

 

        11    first the American?

 

        12          A       I can't recall the date.

 

        13          Q       Year?

 

        14          A       I can't recall the year.  It's been a

 

        15    long time.

 

        16          Q       When you say a long time, five year, ten

 

        17    years?

 

        18          A       No, it is about since the time I was

 

        19    licensed, give or take.

 

        20          Q       Now, you indicate on your C.V. that

 

        21    you're a school psychologist part-time for the Midland

 

        22    School?

 

        23          A       In the past.

 

        24          Q       Okay.  And when was the last time you

 

        25    did any work for them?

 

 

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         1          A       It says it right on the C.V., 1992.

 

         2          Q       And that was from 1989 to 1992?

 

         3          A       That's what it says.

 

         4          Q       And is that a yes?

 

         5          A       That's a yes.

 

         6          Q       And why did you stop working for the

 

         7    Midland School?

 

         8          A       Because they had full-time employment to

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