Shaw v. Yale New Haven Hosp.

2 Citing cases

  1. Snowden v. Doe

    3:23-cv-1204 (MPS) (D. Conn. Nov. 5, 2024)

    A defendant in a civil action is entitled to depose the party that filed suit against it. Shaw v. Yale New Haven Hosp., 2019 WL 3252154, at *7 (D. Conn. July 19, 2019) (collecting cases from this district concluding that defendants have the right to depose the plaintiff). The Court granted leave to defendants to depose the plaintiff in prison.

  2. Mullery v. JTM Capital Mgmt.

    18-CV-549V(Sr) (W.D.N.Y. Apr. 23, 2020)

    More specifically, a defendant in a civil action is entitled to depose the party that filed suit against it. Shaw v. Yale New Haven Hosp., No. 3:18-CV-67, 2019 WL 3252154, at *7 (D. Ct. July 19, 2019); See de Herbstein v. DabbahSecurities Corp., 169 F.R.D. 36, 40 (S.D.N.Y. 1996) (party who commences an action presumptively obligates herself to sit for a deposition). Pursuant to Rule 26(c), however, the court may limit discovery even if the information sought is relevant.