Otis Elevator Co. v. Bryan

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• noting that discovery depositions that serve useful purpose at trial are admissible even if not offered into evidence
• stating that “the taxation of expert witness fees for discovery depositions taken in preparation for trial simply because the attorney says that he used the discovery deposition to prepare for cross examination of the witness at trial” was improper
• “The rule in Florida is to disallow taxation of costs for discovery depositions taken in preparation for trial. But where such depositions serve a ‘useful purpose’ at trial, they are taxable as costs.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).