Pre-trial discovery: depositions and other techniques

• Author: David L. Pollak/Roger A. Tolman, Jr./Monika R. Reyes
• Pages: 1119-1134

PRE-TRIAL

DISCOVERY

20-1

CHAPTER 20

PRETRIAL DISCOVERY:

Depositions and Other Techniques

I. DISCOVERY IN GENERAL

§20:01 Simplicity Encouraged

§20:02 Written Interrogatories

§20:03 Order for Production of Records

§20:04 Inspection of Premises

§20:05 Disclosure of Social Security Information

II. SURVEILLANCE

§20:10 Admissibility Generally

§20:11 Timing of Disclosure When Applicant Is Deposed

III. DEPOSITIONS

A. General Points

§20:20 Authorized by Statute

§20:21 Witness Statements

§20:22 When Mandatory

§20:23 Reserved

§20:24 Deposition Procedures

§20:25 Out-of-State Depositions

B. Deposition Fees and Costs

§20:30 General Points

§20:31 Finding of Industrial Injury Not a Prerequisite to Fee Allowance

§20:32 Deposition of Applicant in Related Civil Case

§20:33 Interpreter’s Fees

§20:34 Attorney’s Fees

C. Deposition of Medical Witnesses

§20:40 Favored Process

§20:41 Procedure for Deposing Medical Expert

§20:42 Compare Experts Treated as Lay Witnesses

D. Admissibility of Depositions

§20:50 No Specif‌ic Labor Code Provision Concerning Admissibility

§20:51 General Principles Under the CCP

§20:52 Effect of Improper Procedures

§20:53 Use of Depositions in Other Proceedings

PRE-TRIAL

DISCOVERY

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IV. INTERIM DISCOVERY ORDERS: ENFORCEMENT, PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND SANCTIONS

§20:60 Interim Orders

§20:61 Discovery Sanctions

§20:62 Scope of Discovery

V. REVIEW OF INTERIM DISCOVERY ORDERS

§20:70 Non-Appealable

§20:71 Compare Removal