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• Jurisdiction: Washington

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Summary

§33.1Introduction

§33.2Text of Rule

§33.3Historical Development

§33.4Comparison With Federal Rule (1)Interrogatories Cannot Be Issued Until After the Initial Discovery Conference (2)Initial Discovery Disclosures (a)Overview (b)The Initial Disclosure Requirements Will Narrow the Scope of Interrogatories Propounded by a Party (c)The Mandatory Disclosures Concerning Trial Experts Will Also Narrow the Scope of Interrogatories Propounded by a Party (3)Numerical Limits on Interrogatories (a)How "Discrete Subparts" Are to Be Counted (b)Requests for Admission Cannot Be Used as a Disguise for Interrogatories Exceeding the Numerical Limit (c)Once Interrogatories Are Propounded, a Party May Not Be Able to "Withdraw" Them, Including Those That Exceed the Numerical Limit (d)The Good Cause Requirement for Exceeding the 25-Interrogatory Limit (e)The Responding Party May Be Deemed to Have Waived the Numerical Limit (f)Objections to Interrogatories (4) Electronically Stored Information

§33.5Purpose and Procedure (1)Purpose (2)Procedure

§33.6Analysis (1)Interrogatories May Be Served Only Upon a Party to the Action (2)Response by a Corporation, Partnership, Association, or Governmental Agency (3)Scope of Discoverability (a)Generally (b)Contention Interrogatories (c)Waiver of Objections by Failing to Timely Respond to Interrogatories (d)Compliance with CR 26(g) (4)The Scope of Information That Is "Available" to the Responding Party (5)Objections (6)CR 33(c) Option to Produce Records (7)Supplementation of Responses (8)

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