Discovery

• Author: Larry Booth/Roger Booth
• Pages: 93-110

2-1 (Rev. 2, 11/13)

Chapter 2

DISCOVERY

I. DISCOVERY PLAN AND FILE ORGANIZATION

§2:01 Discovery Plan Checklist

§2:02 File Organization

II. NOTICING AND TAKING DEPOSITIONS

§2:10 Set Early Depositions Before Interrogatories to Get the Jump on the Defense

§2:11 Checklist: Tips on How to Approach Depositions

III. RESPONDING TO DEFENSE’S WRITTEN DISCOVERY

§2:20 Get All the Medical and Employment Records First

§2:21 Interrogatory Answers

§2:22 Checklists: Tips for Responding to Written Discovery Interrogatories

§2:23 Income Tax Records

§2:24 Social Media and Other Electronic Communications

IV. PLAINTIFF’S DEPOSITION

§2:30 Avoiding Deadly Deposition Errors

§2:31 Checklist: Tips for Protecting the Plaintiff at Deposition

§2:32 Changing Answers

V. DEFENSE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS

§2:40 Delay as Much as Possible

§2:41 Checklist for Defense Medical Examinations

VI. PLAINTIFF’S WRITTEN DISCOVERY

A. Interrogatories

§2:50 Send Multiple Sets of Focused Interrogatories

§2:51 Don’t Prepare the Opposition With Boilerplate Interrogatories

§2:52 What to Ask

§2:53 Form: Instructions and Definitions for Interrogatories

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B. Other Written Discovery

§2:60 Strategic Use of Requests for Admissions

§2:61 Requests to Produce and Subpoenas Duces Tecum

§2:62 Form: Instructions and Definitions for Requests to Produce

§2:63 Form: Motion to Compel With Supporting Memorandum and Declaration

VII. EXPERT DEPOSITIONS

§2:70 Tips for Deposing Opposing Experts