Interrogatories allow the parties to ask who, what, when, where and why questions, making them a good method for obtaining new information in a case. There are two types of interrogatories: form interrogatories and special interrogatories.
Fact-Finding: Interrogatories help attorneys obtain critical information from the opposing party. For example, in a car accident case, the plaintiff's attorney might ask the defendant to describe their version of the incident, list any witnesses, or detail the injuries they claim to have suffered.
Complete Your Responses to the Interrogatories You must respond to each request individually. You do not need to repeat the text of the question, but your responses must be in the same order as the requests, and each response should be labeled with the same number or letter as the request.
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.
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.
If your witnesses are served interrogatories, the responses must be their sworn testimony—but that doesn't mean answering in the dark.
Good evening. There are two things to remember when answering interrogatories...i) answer only the exact question asked with as few words as possible without expanding on anything; and ii) answer as irrelevant anything you don't really want to address.
Under the Federal Rules and parallel state rules, litigants may use what are called “contention interrogatories” to explore adversaries' factual support for their legal contentions. Courts normally regulate the timing of those, generally prohibiting litigants from using that tactic too early in the discovery process.
An interrogatory is a request for information, in the form of standard questions, that must be answered in writing and then notarized. In Florida, there are two types of interrogatories used in family law proceedings.
(3) Interrogatories. Any party may serve on any other party no more than 25 written interrogatories, excluding interrogatories asking a party only to identify or authenticate specific documents. Each discrete subpart of an interrogatory is considered a separate interrogatory.