An injury attorney who likewise acts as council president for a Northeastern Pennsylvania borough can not escape being deposed in a claim brought by a borough employee, who is also a client of the council president’s law office.
Late last month, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas Judge Terrence Nealon ruled that Michael Dempsey of Lenahan & & Dempsey must sit for a limited deposition in the items liability suit Butler v. Scranton Production. Together with being an attorney at the Scranton-based law office, Dempsey is likewise council president for the district of Dunmore.