By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Dr. Phil McGraw's usually the one in full control, but he will not be in charge when he's scheduled to give a deposition in the court case involving a family friend who said she suffered severe personal and professional hardships after she was bitten by his dog two years ago, Star magazine is exclusively reporting.

The case stems from a December 2009 incident at his Santa Monica mansion in which the plaintiff, Janet Harris, was bitten on her hand by McGraw's Korean Jindo, Maggie.