Several states have passed laws mandating insurance coverage to ensure access to mental health care. For instance, House Bill 2595 in Illinois guarantees insurance coverage for medically necessary mental healthcare services from January 1, 2023, thus enhancing accessibility for individuals in need.
Interrogatories may, without leave of court, be served upon the plaintiff after filing of the complaint and upon any other party with or after service of the summons and complaint upon that party.
(a) No party shall serve on any other party more than thirty (30) written interrogatories in the aggregate including subsections except upon agreement of the parties or leave of court granted upon a showing of good cause.
Service of interrogatories. After commencement of an action, any party may serve written interrogatories upon any other party. Interrogatories may not be served upon a defendant before that defendant's time for serving a responsive pleading has expired, except by leave of court granted with or without notice.
(a) Any party may by written request direct any other party to produce for inspection, copying, reproduction photographing, testing or sampling specified documents, including electronically stored information as defined under Rule 201(b)(4), objects or tangible things, or to permit access to real estate for the purpose ...
For lay witnesses and independent experts, like a treating physician, a disclosure will be considered sufficient if it gives reasonable notice of testimony, taking into account the limitations on the parties' knowledge of the facts known by, and opinions held by, the witness (S. Ct. Rule 213 (f) (1) and (2)).
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 ...
Read each question (interrogatory) very carefully. Answer only the question that is asked, and avoid the temptation to over-explain your answer. If the question contains several parts, you may break your answer into parts as well. It is also possible that you might object to the question.
If there is more than one other party in the case, the requesting party must give copies to all other parties. A party who receives interrogatories has 28 days to answer or object. Standard interrogatories for car accidents, divorces, and medical malpractice are available on the Illinois Courts' website.