(i)Duty to Supplement. A party has a duty to seasonably supplement or amend any prior answer or response whenever new or additional information subsequently becomes known to that party. (j) The Supreme Court, by administrative order, may approve standard forms of interrogatories for different classes of cases.
(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.
Seasonably means as soon as practical.” By amendment effective January 1, 2001, the word “promptly” was substituted for “seasonably” in Rule (e). This amendment suggests an intention to add a sense of urgency to the obligation to supplement.
The requesting party must include a due date for the response. This timeline cannot be less than 28 days. The party who receives the request must copy and provide the documents like they are normally kept.
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 ...
Rule 45(a)(1)(C) is amended to recognize that electronically stored information, as defined in Rule 34(a), can also be sought by subpoena. Like Rule 34(b), Rule 45(a)(1) is amended to provide that the subpoena can designate a form or forms for production of electronic data.
Write out each fact you wish the other party to admit is true. When writing these facts, be as clear and concise as possible. Each request must be for a single fact; do not include multiple facts, compound questions, or subparts.
A discovery is recognizing something that already exists for the first time, that nobody has found before, e.g. how Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas.
If you are a defendant in a case, you have to raise enough doubt about the strength of the plaintiff's case to make the judge (or jury) decide your side is stronger. Discovery is how you gather the evidence you will need to prove your case as plaintiff, or defeat the plaintiff's case as a defendant.
Provide a brief synopsis (two or three sentences) of the crux of the motion that you are bringing before the court. 2. Give a good explanation of the facts of the case. The relevant scope of your discovery depends on these facts.