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Attorneys may be deposed as fact witnesses

By Byron Henry on April 13, 2010
Posted in Opinions & Judgments

In a brief memorandum opinion, the Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed that attorneys may be deposed as fact witnesses while counsel in the underlying litigation.  Here, the trial court denied a party’s motion to compel the deposition of the opposing party’s lawyer.  The court of appeals stated that "[t]he mere fact that a fact witness…

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