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Twisting The Purposes Of Discovery: Expert Witnesses And The Deposition Dilemma, Steven D. Parman
Twisting The Purposes Of Discovery: Expert Witnesses And The Deposition Dilemma, Steven D. Parman
Vanderbilt Law Review
The system of discovery that the Federal Rules establish theoretically entitles all parties in civil actions, prior to commencement of trial, to disclosure of all relevant nonprivileged information in he possession of any person. Thus, federal discovery rules should not force litigants to choose between failing to depose a party-opponent's expert witness and thereby preparing inadequately for trial, and deposing the expert witness and consequently risking that opposing counsel will use the deposition against him at trial without the benefit of cross-examination. Part H of this Note reviews common law disagreement over the appropriateness of expert witness discovery and the …