Local Rule LCR 32: USING DEPOSITIONS IN COURT PROCEEDINGS
W.D. Wash. — Civil rule
LCR 32
USING DEPOSITIONS IN COURT PROCEEDINGS
(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.