(a) Reserved
(b) Reserved
(c) Reserved
(d) Reserved
(e) Offering Portions of Depositions
If a party intends to offer a deposition instead of, or in addition to, live testimony at trial, the
party shall provide to all other parties a transcript of the deposition with the relevant portions
highlighted, by no later than the due date for their pretrial statement under LCR 16(h) and LCR
16(i) or as otherwise ordered by the court. Other parties may offer objections and counter-
designations by highlighting them and providing the same to the opposing party no later than the
conference of attorneys under LCR 16(k) or as otherwise ordered by the court.
The party intending to offer the deposition testimony at trial shall prepare a single copy of the
deposition transcript containing the parties’ designations, highlighting all testimony, indicating
any objections and all responses to objections in the margins, all in a single color used only by
that party. A failure to designate an objection in this manner shall constitute a waiver, even if the
objection was previously stated at the deposition. Counsel shall then file the deposition
designations with the pretrial order. The court’s rulings on objections shall be made part of the
record.
If a party intends to offer a video deposition instead of live testimony, the party must, in addition
to complying with the provisions above, submit a copy of the video deposition to the court upon
request and to all other parties no later than the deadline for filing the pretrial order. The party
offering the video is responsible for being familiar with the courtroom technology necessary to
play it and for ensuring that the video is edited appropriately.
This rule does not apply to deposition testimony offered solely for impeachment.
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