FARB v. BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Full title: CHERYL E. FARB and HAROLD R. NEWMAN, Plaintiffs, v. BALDWIN UNION FREE…

Court: United States District Court, E.D. New York

Date published: Apr 20, 2009

05-CV-0596 (JS) (ETB) (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 20, 2009)

Opinion

05-CV-0596 (JS) (ETB).

April 20, 2009

For Plaintiffs: Fred P. Bennett, Esq., Melville, New York.

For Defendants: Lewis R. Silverman, Esq., Jennifer H. Pymm, Esq., Rutherford Christie, LLP, New York, New York.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOANNA SEYBERT, District Judge

Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs' application requesting permission for Dr. Margaret Freedman to testify telephonically. Plaintiffs' application is DENIED. Plaintiffs have not shown a compelling reason to permit Dr. Freedman to testify telephonically. See Gulino v. Bd. of Educ., No. 96-CV-8414, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4907, at *2-3 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 28, 2003) (rejecting application to permit witness to testify telephonically or via video-conference). "The importance of presenting live testimony in court cannot be forgotten. . . . Transmission cannot be justified merely by showing that it is inconvenient for the witness to attend the trial." Id. (quoting Fed.R.Civ.P. 43 Advisory Committee's Note).

SO ORDERED.