Baker v. Institute for Scientific Information

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

GAWTHROP, District Judge.

Counsel for defense seeks an order from this court permitting the videotaped deposition, for use at trial, of a prospective defense witness, one - Candis Schmedel Malyfet, in California. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 32(a)(2), (3) (governing use of deposition at trial). Plaintiff’s counsel objects, not to the deposition, but to its videotaping, on the grounds that plaintiff is unable to afford sending counsel to California and can participate only by telephone. Plaintiff’s counsel contends that since she will be unable to see the reactions of the witness as a…