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"costs of deposition" and hold that such costs are taxable if
they serve a useful purpose. See Cohn. v. Florida National
Bank at Orlando, 223 So. 2d 767 (4 DCA 1969); Bu~er Finance
Corporation v. Oliveros, 196_So. 2d 451 (3 DCA 1967); Lockwood
v. Test, 160 So. 2d 142 (2 DCA 1964). _
It is not at all clear that the Supreme Court in Florida
Greyhound Lines v. Jones, supra, intended that under no circumstances
may costs of deposition copies be taxed against a losing party.
We think a better reasoned rule is that such copy costs m~
be taxable if the copies serve a useful purpose. There may be
circumstances in which such copies are-necessary eXpenses-which
the prevailing party should recover. It is best left to the
trial court's discretion to determine whether the copies served
a useful purpose. See, for example, Cohen v. Dennis, supra, -
in which the cost of deposition copies.was found to be not
assessable~, the original deposition being on file i.n the clerk's
office and available for examination by the Party making the copy.
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~ under which the copies were ordered, for what purposes they were ,
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to be used, or whether the original depasitions were readily
~ available for inspection by the party ordering the copies.
~ Therefore, we cannot find that the trial court abused its discretion_
in assessing the ~ost of deposition oopies against Appellants.
That part of the order taxing this cost is affirmed~
COST OF HOSPITAL RECORDS
~ As we held in Cohn v. Florida National Bank, supra,
"the cost of hospital recor3s not used in trial or introduced
~ in evidence is not taxable." We have reviewed the transcrint •
~ of the trial and find no evidence that the hospital records were ~
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either used at trial or introduced in evidence. A mere passing . ;
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reference to the hospital records by a medical witness while ~
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testifying does not constitute use at trial or introduction - ~
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