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Counsel for Nonparty Witness Cannot Participate in Deposition

The Fourth Department determined that counsel for a nonparty witness cannot object, i.e., participate, in a deposition of that witness.  The Court wrote:

…“[C]ounsel for a nonparty witness does not have a right to object during or otherwise to participate in a pretrial deposition.CPLR 3113 (c) provides that the examination and cross-examination of deposition witnesses ‘shall proceed as permitted in the trial of actions in open court’ ” (id. [emphasis added]), and it is axiomatic that counsel for a nonparty witness is not permitted to object or otherwise participate in a trial (see e.g. id.).We recognize that 22 NYCRR 221.2 and 221.3 may be viewed as being in conflict with CPLR 3113 (c) inasmuch as sections 221.2 and 221.3 provide that an “attorney” may not interrupt a deposition except in specified circumstances.Nevertheless, it is well established that, in the event of a conflict between a statute and a regulation, the statute controls (seeMatter of Hellner v Board of Educ. of Wilson Cent. School Dist., 78 AD3d 1649, 1651).  Justices Fahey and Martoche dissented in a memorandum. Sciara v Surgical Associates of Western New York, P.C., et al, 1466, CA 12-00809, 4th Dept. 3-15-13

 

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