Despite his claims a videotaped deposition containing potentially embarrassing information could be disseminated by the media, the state Superior Court has ruled that union leader John J. Dougherty’s deposition will not be sealed.
The decision to compel Dougherty’s deposition was rendered Aug. 14, roughly three-and-a-half months after the court sat en banc to hear argument in Dougherty’s defamation case against Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Karen Heller. This is the second time the case has gone before the Superior Court.
