Legal Opinion
Beirne v. Fitch Sanitarium, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 26, 1957PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Justice.
The purpose of the pre-trialdeposition-diseovery procedure is for the discovery of facts relevant to the subject matter of the action, or to unearth leads as to where evidence may be located. Kaiser-Frazer Corp. v. Otis & Co., D.C.S.D.N.Y., 11 F.R.D. 50. While questions which to a degree call for an expression of opinion may, where they are relevant to the issues, be permitted, Gagen v. Northam Warren Corp., D.C. S.D.N.Y., 15 F.R.D. 44, the rules were not intended to permit a party to question his adversary as an expert witness by putting a series of hypothetical…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kaiser-Frazer Corp. v. Otis & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1951
- Gagen v. Northam Warren Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1953
3Cited by7 opinions
- Dan F. Thompson v. C. Walton Lillehei, Geraldine B. Thompson v. C. Walton LilleheiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Martínez Rivera v. Tribunal Superior de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1962
- Williams v. Thomas Jefferson UniversityDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- Coxe v. PutneyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
- Hanks v. Ranson, Swan & Burch, Ltd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
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