Judge Allows Deposition Testimony To Be Admitted In Fire Damage Suit

Mealey's (March 3, 2022, 9:37 AM EST) -- BANGOR, Maine — An insurer may admit deposition testimony from an insured’s employee even if he does not testify, and the employee’s invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination gives rise to an adverse inference against the insured in a marine insurance dispute stemming from the destruction of a fishing vessel that sustained fire damage, a federal judge in Maine ruled Feb. 28 in granting two motions in limine filed by the insurer in preparation for trial....