Section 4.49 Requirement of Signature on Deposition

• Library: Discovery 2015

Previously, the general rule was that a party could not read an unsigned deposition into evidence at trial unless the deponent’s signature was waived. Peters v. Johnson & Johnson Prods., Inc., 783 S.W.2d 442 (Mo. App. E.D. 1990). But changes to Rule 57.03(f) effective January 1, 2015, now allow an unsigned deposition to be used as if signed “unless, on a...