A Discovery Plan is a vital part of working through the discovery process of a case and is often developed by the litigation team and retained by the paralegal. List the five (5) forms of discovery most often included in a Discovery Plan, and give a brief description of the main reason for use of each form.
What will be an ideal response?
Interrogatories—written questions submitted to the other party as an inexpensive means of
gathering information from the other party
Deposition—a method of obtaining information from a witness or party to the action with
personal knowledge of the case
Requests for admissions—requests used to limit the number of disputed issues and material
facts of a case
Requests for production of documents—requests used to discover evidence that the other side has
Motion to compel discovery—a motion to force the opposing party to answer or more fully
answer interrogatories or to produce documents that it has previously failed to produce
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a. Contradictory b. Similar c. Identical d. All of these choices are correct
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. Network b. Software c. Legal Specialty d. Database
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a. True b. False