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The California discovery rule stops the clock on the statute of limitations until the plaintiff either finds out about the cause of action or has a good reason to do so. This rule comes into play when the plaintiff didn't realize, and a reasonable person wouldn't have realized, that they were harmed.

More broadly, the doctrine of discovery can be described as an international law doctrine giving authorization to explorers to claim terra nullius – i.e. said inhabited land – in the name of their sovereign when the land was not populated by Christians.

For example, if you were in an accident, but your injury did not manifest itself until a year later, your statute of limitations timeline would begin upon this "discovery" rather than the date of the injury. If you broke your leg, however, that injury is well-known immediately and thus the timeline begins immediately.

Under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 201(k), the attorneys or litigants must resolve their discovery issues before bringing a motion to the court asking to compel responses to the discovery.

The court may at any time on its own initiative, or on motion of any party or witness, make a protective order as justice requires, denying, limiting, conditioning, or regulating discovery to prevent unreasonable annoyance, expense, embarrassment, disadvantage, or oppression.

7.01. Written interrogatories or production requests shall be limited to thirty (30) questions or requests, counting each subsection as a separate question or request, unless otherwise provided by court order or by agreement of the parties.

Small claims court is a civil court where a plaintiff (person filing the case) can sue someone (a defendant) for $10,000 or less. It has simplified rules and can go much faster than other types of cases.

It is the intent of this rule that a party must produce all responsive documents, objects or tangible things in its possession, and fully disclose the party's knowledge of the existence and location of responsive documents, objects or tangible things not in its possession so as to enable the requesting party to obtain ...

287. Rule 287 - Depositions, Discovery and Motions (a) No depositions shall be taken or interrogatories or other discovery proceeding or requests to admit be used prior to trial in small claims except by leave of court. (b)Motions.