FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The father of a slain Stoneman Douglas High School student will be allowed in the courtroom when his lawyers question the former school watchman who saw the shooter, but failed to stop him from entering the campus last year, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Former security monitor Andrew Medina wanted Broward Circuit Judge Patti Englander Henning to block Andrew Pollack from a deposition scheduled for next week.

Medina is one of the defendants in a lawsuit Pollack filed over the wrongful death of his daughter, Meadow Pollack, one of 17 people murdered by Nikolas Cruz a year ago at the Parkland high school.

Pollack admits he confronted Medina at a youth baseball game on Feb. 6. Medina told police Pollack had been harassing him online and defaming him in the media, which Pollack does not dispute.

Medina is the second defendant in Pollack’s civil case to ask a judge to keep Pollack at arm’s length during questioning by lawyers. Late last year, former Broward Deputy Scot Peterson, who served as school resource officer, asked the judge to block Pollack from attending his deposition following online comments perceived as threats. The judge declined.