Section 4.23 Laying Foundations for Admissibility at Trial

• Library: Discovery 2015

Depositions can be used to identify and authenticate documents or other materials for later use as a foundation for admissibility at trial. Thus, the deposition testimony of a physician can be used to identify x‑rays for admission into evidence, Chilton v. Ralls, 286 S.W. 718 (Mo. App. S.D. 1926), or deposition testimony can be used to identify and authenticate an affidavit that would otherwise be hearsay and not admissible at trial, Liberty Fin. Mgmt. Corp. v. Beneficial Data Processing Corp., 670 S.W.2d...