John and Jane Doe defendants in a defamation suit will have to appear for depositions, despite arguments that doing so would violate the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, the state Superior Court has ruled.
A unanimous three-judge panel quashed the defendants’ challenge to an order to compel discovery filed by Gary and Nancy Veloric, the plaintiffs in Veloric v. Doe. The ruling Monday upheld a decision from the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, which had granted the plaintiffs’ order to compel discovery.
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