ST. DEPT. OF HEALTH, ETC. v. BENNETT

No. 81-2135.

416 So.2d 1223 (1982)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Gussie BENNETT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Helfand, Miami, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Before DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ., and WILLIAM C. OWEN, Jr. (Ret.), Associate Judge.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

Unlike the rule of criminal procedure which permits the use of discovery depositions only "for the purpose of contradicting or impeaching the testimony of the deponent as a witness," see Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.220(d); State v. James, 402 So.2d 1169 (Fla. 1981); State v. Basiliere, 353 So.2d 820 (Fla. 1977), the comparable rule of civil procedure permits...

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