Santella v. Merchants Mutual Insurance

GRIMES, P.J.,

This issue comes before the court on a motion by the additional defendants to strike videotaped deposition of witness Ronald Arnold in the latest stage of a long and complex civil suit by original plaintiff Santella against original defendant Merchants Mutual Insurance Company (MMIC).

Plaintiff filed his original complaint in assumpsit on October 22, 1982, claiming proceeds of an insurance policy issued by MMIC as the result of a fire at plaintiff’s place of business on April 12, 1982. MMIC later filed a cross-complaint seeking to join additional defendants Joseph Krivan, Jr., and…