{"id":102,"date":"2020-06-10T15:20:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crestaproject.com\/demo\/mise-pro\/?p=102"},"modified":"2020-08-25T16:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T16:56:40","slug":"judge-nixes-attempt-to-avoid-remote-deposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depolock.com\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"Law.com | Judge Nixes Technophobic Litigant&#8217;s Attempt to Avoid Remote Deposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A Middlesex County judge has issued an order compelling the plaintiff in a slip-and-fall lawsuit to submit to a remote deposition via teleconference, brushing aside her protestations about lacking technical knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/images.law.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/documents\/399\/44822\/Order-granting-motion-to-compel-deposition-Middlesex-County-NJ.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">believed to be<\/a> the first of its kind in New Jersey, is an indicator that remote depositions have rapidly won acceptance and that resisting the new technology in court will be an uphill battle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For more on this piece written by Charles Toutant please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/njlawjournal\/2020\/06\/10\/judge-nixes-technophobic-litigants-attempt-to-avoid-remote-deposition\/\">Law.com | Judge Nixes Technophobic Litigant&#8217;s Attempt to Avoid Remote Deposition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Middlesex County judge has issued an order compelling the plaintiff in a slip-and-fall lawsuit to submit to a remote&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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