Civil_Pre-Trial_Proceedings-Discovery_in_Civil_Cases-Captions.xml
Civil_Pre-Trial_Proceedings-Discovery_in_Civil_Cases-Captions.xml
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<p begin="00:00:00.25" end="00:00:05.40">This is your legal minute, brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
<p begin="00:00:05.50" end="00:00:10.80">After the initial documents are filed in a civil case, such as the Complaint,</p>
<p begin="00:00:10.90" end="00:00:17.90">the Answer and perhaps a Counterclaim, each side launches into what is commonly called “discovery.”</p>
<p begin="00:00:18.00" end="00:00:24.70">This is a series of activities that will enable each side (prior to trial) to know the other side’s case—</p>
<p begin="00:00:24.80" end="00:00:29.10">what witnesses they will have and what those witnesses are likely to say.</p>
<p begin="00:00:29.20" end="00:00:37.10">There is a set of regular discovery techniques that are allowed by court rules, such as interrogatories, depositions,</p>
<p begin="00:00:37.20" end="00:00:44.50">and requests for admissions. Over the next few shows, we will discuss those methods in depth, but for today,</p>
<p begin="00:00:44.60" end="00:00:51.00">let me just say that interrogatories are written questions answered in writing and under oath.</p>
<p begin="00:00:51.10" end="00:00:57.80">A deposition is the taking of oral testimony under oath of a potential witness prior to trial.</p>
<p begin="00:00:57.90" end="00:01:05.50">And requests for admissions ask a party to admit certain facts that then would not need to be proven at trial.</p>
<p begin="00:01:05.60" end="00:01:09.00">Discovery can sometimes take years in a big case.</p>
<p begin="00:01:09.10" end="00:01:13.00">This legal minute is brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
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