Rule 513 - Claim of Privilege in Civil Cases(a) Comment permitted. In a civil action, a party's claim of the privilege against self-incrimination is a proper subject of comment by a judge or by counsel, regardless of whether the party claimed the privilege in the present proceeding or on a prior occasion. (b) Inference permitted. In a civil action, the fact finder may draw an appropriate inference from a party's claim of the privilege against self incrimination.(c) Claim of privilege by a nonparty witness. Rule 512 governs a nonparty witness's claim of privilege in a civil action or proceeding. (d) Claim of privilege other than the privilege against self-incrimination. Rule 512 governs any party's or witness's claim of any privilege other than the privilege against self-incrimination in a civil action or proceeding.Adopted effective 1/1/2015.Maine Restyling Note [November 2014]
Maine Rule 513 has been restyled in accordance with the federal restyling conventions, and, as part of this process, the Committee has proposed some minor, nonsubstantive changes to clarify the Rule.
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