Exam 9: Document Production and Control, Medical Exams, Admissions, and Compelling Discovery

The original source log is especially helpful when files are pulled for production.

What are the procedural steps and time requirements involved in the production of documents?

When you screen files and documents for production, what three tasks must you do?

How can a master topical digest help organize depositions?

The production of documents and things is not the proper discovery device to gain access to

What should you look for when analyzing documents produced by the opponent?

List important techniques for assisting at the production, examination, or inspection.

The fact section of a small case file should include

Discovery of documents is available only through the device of document production.

A response to a request for admission must be made in days.

What is the decimal document numbering system, and how does it work? What are its advantages?

You are asked to draft a request for the production of documents under Rule 34(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The request is to get pertinent documents from Mercury Parcel Service concerning safety and vehicle maintenance. You have no idea what forms are common to this industry. How might you determine what to ask for?

Know the requirements and techniques for drafting a Request for Production, Inspection, and Copying of Documents and its response.

What is the danger of requesting a copy of the report of the requested medical exam? What rule applies?

What are the advantages in using the Freedom of Information Act for discovery?

Match each item with the following correct statement. -The temperature was 15°F the morning of the accident.

A party may request an admission that a certain piece of evidence is genuine.

When preparing a request for production, it is essential that the requesting paralegal consider for each potential item the opponent's cost to produce it and what other item?

If a party fails to cooperate in discovery, sanctions on that party could include default or dismissal of the action.

An original source log is most helpful when returning documents to their custodians at the end of a case.