A08646 Summary:
| BILL NO | A08646 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Lavine |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd R3117, CPLR | |
| Clarifies that pretrial motions in limine are not required in order for deposition testimony to be introduced at trial. | |
A08646 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8646 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to clari- fying that pretrial motions in limine are not required in order for deposition testimony to be introduced at trial The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Rule 3117 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows: 3 (e) Pretrial motion not required. A litigant's right to use deposi- 4 tion testimony in accordance with this rule shall not be subject to any 5 requirement by the court that permission to use such deposition testimo- 6 ny must first be obtained from the court by making a pretrial motion. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13054-01-5