Service Interrogatories With Multiple Parties In Michigan
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NUMBER AND SCOPE OF INTERROGATORIES. Rule 33 (a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure , restricts to 25 (including all discrete subparts) the number of interrogatories a party may serve on any other party.
A Motion for Reconsideration in Michigan, governed by Michigan Court Rule 2.119(F), is a legal recourse available when a “palpable error” has significantly influenced the judge's decision and the outcome of the hearing or trial.
(a) Interrogatories are written questions prepared by a party to an action that are sent to any other party in the action to be answered under oath. The interrogatories below are form interrogatories approved for use in civil cases.
The amendment makes clear that all papers relating to discovery which are required to be served on any party must be served on all parties, unless the court orders otherwise.
Interrogatories are limited to the parties in a certain case. Thus, nonparties are not obligated to respond to interrogatories.
Interrogatories are lists of questions sent to the other party that s/he must respond to in writing. You can use interrogatories to find out facts about a case but they cannot be used for questions that draw a legal conclusion.
(2) Each separately represented party may serve no more than twenty interrogatories upon each party. A discrete subpart of an interrogatory counts as a separate interrogatory.
(2) Each separately represented party may serve no more than twenty interrogatories upon each party.
Michigan's new scope allows discovery into any “matters that are relevant to any party's claims or defenses.” This is slightly narrower than its previous scope that allowed discovery of matters “relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending actions.”
(a) If no written objections are filed within 7 days of the date of service of the notice, the judge shall sign the judgment or order if, in the court's determination, it comports with the court's decision.
