Depositions
Transcripts and Use
Counter-designations supply context or contrary testimony from the same deposition, presented together with the original designations. They are served in response under the pretrial order schedule.
The rule of completeness supports their use.
Alternative Names:
Counter-Designation of Testimony, Cross-Designation
Why it Matters?
Counter-designation is the mechanism for preventing selective presentation, since a passage read in isolation may convey the opposite of what the witness said across the full exchange. The rule of completeness supports requiring contemporaneous presentation rather than deferring the counter-designation to a later point in trial. Objections to counter-designations as beyond the scope are common and resolved with the designation objections.
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