Court Opinion

ID: 9669706
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:06:56.320633+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:59.857663
License: Public Domain

WUEST, Chief Justice
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur, except in my opinion appellant did not waive her objection to the question concerning malpractice because her counsel did not make the objection at the taking of the deposition. SDCL 15-6-32 sections (d)(3)(A) and (d)(3)(B) are designed to prevent counsel from laying a trap by failing to object when his opponent could easily have corrected the objectionable matter and then raising the matter at trial when the opportunity to correct is no longer available. The question and answer could never have been corrected at the time of taking the deposition. As the majority opinion correctly observes, South Dakota has not adopted the ultimate issue rule. I would sustain the objection at trial.