Court Opinion

ID: 9602241
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:52:36.736712+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:01.646148
License: Public Domain

On petition for rehearing, the following order has been endorsed:
Rule 87(B), (E) reserves the right to object at the time of trial to the admissibility of any testimony taken at the deposition, and does not contemplate that the exclusion of testimony at such deposition will necessarily preclude its admission upon the trial.
The order denying discovery only determined what evidence might be elicited upon the pretrial examination of the *434defendant and does not have the effect of determining the scope of the issues at the trial. The measure and elements of damage will be determined by the trial judge in the light of the pleadings and the applicable principles of law, unaffected by the considerations which may have prompted the judge in this matter in issuing the discretionary order under appeal.
The plaintiff is not precluded by the order denying discovery from developing the testimony in question upon the trial of the case, at which time its competency, relevancy, and materiality may be determined by the trial judge. Whether or not plaintiff is prejudiced by the order refusing the right of pretrial examination of the defendants can best be determined in the light of the subsequent developments in the trial.
Therefore, the present discovery order does not involve the merits and the petition for a rehearing is accordingly denied.