Beginning on January 1, 2024, parties will be required to make initial witness and document disclosures within 60 days of another party's request. Failure to comply or act in good faith with the new law will result in a court-imposed sanction of $1,000.
You have 45 days from the service of the most recent responses to ask the court to make an order requiring an answer. If the response was served by mail, 5 extra days are added. If the last day falls on a weekend or court holiday, the last day to file rolls to the next court date.
Requesting documents requires a different kind of discovery process. How many questions can I ask? If your case is a limited civil case ($35,000 or less) you can request up to a total of 35 combined request for admissions, form interrogatories , special interrogatories, and requests for production.
You have 45 days from the service of the most recent responses to ask the court to make an order requiring an answer. If the response was served by mail, 5 extra days are added. If the last day falls on a weekend or court holiday, the last day to file rolls to the next court date.
All discovery must be completed not later than 15 days before the date set for the arbitration hearing unless the court, upon a showing of good cause, makes an order granting an extension of the time within which discovery must be completed.
Beginning on January 1, 2024, parties will be required to make initial witness and document disclosures within 60 days of another party's request. Failure to comply or act in good faith with the new law will result in a court-imposed sanction of $1,000.
Timeframe for discovery The deadline for finishing discovery (the discovery cutoff) is 30 days before the original date set for a trial unless the parties have agreed or the court has ordered to extend the time. You need all the responses by this date.
An action shall be brought to trial within five years after the action is commenced against the defendant.
California's discovery rule says that the statute of limitations for bringing a claim does not start until you discover (or should have discovered) the injury or loss. Without the rule, the statute of limitations for bringing a suit begins to run when the wrongful act giving rise to the suit took place.