S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, WEINSTEIN, LAVINE, WEPRIN, ZEBROWSKI
-- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to conduct
of the examination before trial
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (c) of rule 3113 of the civil practice law and
rules is amended to read as follows:
(c) Examination and cross-examination. Examination and cross-examina-
tion of deponents shall proceed as permitted in the trial of actions in
open court, EXCEPT THAT A NON-PARTY DEPONENT'S COUNSEL MAY PARTICIPATE
IN THE DEPOSITION AND MAKE OBJECTIONS IN THE SAME MANNER AS COUNSEL FOR
A PARTY. When the deposition of a party is taken at the instance of an
adverse party, the deponent may be cross-examined by his own attorney.
Cross-examination need not be limited to the subject matter of the exam-
ination in chief.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
actions pending on such effective date or commenced on or after such
effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14027-01-2