Rule 1.705 Effect of taking or using depositions

When someone uses only part of a deposition in court, the other side can ask that the rest of it (or other related parts) be included too. This keeps one side from taking a statement out of context and making it look different from what the person actually said.

The rule also explains what happens when you use someone's deposition in a case. If you just use it to challenge a witness's credibility or for certain limited purposes, that doesn't make the person your own witness. But if you use the deposition for other reasons, like presenting their testimony as evidence in your case, then the law treats that person as your witness. Even so, you're still allowed to bring in other evidence that contradicts what they said in the deposition.