 a deposition? No, no, courts don't pay for depositions unless you have a criminal case. And even then, you don't do depositions in a criminal case. But you have to be destitute to get any help from the court. Once you do get help, you're assigned a lawyer, then the lawyer can do all kinds of things that the state pays for, the county pays for. Not in a civil case. No way. You're on your own. Were you injured? Yes.