Case Name: GOLDIN v. CARVER
Court: Florida Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-07-02
Citations: 23 Fla. Supp. 2d 91
Docket Number: Case Nos. 85-614 CA (L) A and 85-615 CA (L) A (Consolidated)
Parties: GOLDIN v CARVER
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Supplement Second
Volume: 23
Pages: 91–92

Head Matter:
GOLDIN v CARVER
Case Nos. 85-614 CA (L) A and 85-615 CA (L) A (Consolidated)
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County
July 2, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Jon E. Krupnick for plaintiffs.
George Supran for defendants.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
VAUGHN J. RUDNICK, Circuit Judge.
ORDER ALLOWING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO USE DEPOSITIONS FROM PRIOR CASE IF WITNESSES REMAIN UNAVAILABLE
This cause came before the court upon Plaintiffs' motion to use depositions of Donnie Cheaves and Jimmy Ray Cheaves, the eye witnesses, taken in the wrongful death action arising from the same accident. The court has reviewed the case law, entertained the argument of counsel, F.S. 90.804(2) and the present unavailability of the witnesses, it is
ADJUDGED:
1. That the motion is granted so long as Donnie Cheaves and Jimmy Ray Cheaves remain unavailable in this cause. The depositions of Donnie Cheaves and Jimmy Ray Cheaves, taken in Gainesville in the wrongful death action, may be used in the present litigation because the party against whom the testimony is being offered had the opportunity and similar motive to develop the testimony by direct, cross and redirect examination and it is not necessary the issue be substantially identical. See Fla. Evidence 2d, (1984) Charles W. Ehrhardt, Section 804.2, p. 551.
ORDERED July 2, 1987, at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida.