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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
DISCOVERY--OPTIONS
A. WRITTEN INTERROGATORIES--RULE 33
1) Overview
2) Rule 33 Verbatim
3) Advantages of Interrogatories
4) Disadvantages of Interrogatories
5) Procedures and Strategy
6) Drafting Interrogatories
7) Subject Matters--Checklists
8) Answering Interrogatories
9) Supplementation of Interrogatories
10)Use at Trial
B. REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS--RULE 34
11) Introduction to Rule
12) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 (Complete Text)
13) How Rule 34 Works
14) Drafting and Serving Rule 34 Document Requests
15) Responding to Rule 34 Document Requests
16) General--Plaintiff to Defendant
17) Medical Records--Plaintiff to Defendant
18) Employment Records--Plaintiffto Defendant
19) General--Plaintiff to Defendant Physician
20) Insurance--Plaintiff to Defendant Physician
21) Hospital--Plaintiff to Defendant
22) General--Defendant to Plaintiff
23) General Personal Injury--Defendant to Plaintiff
24) Medical Records--Defendant to Plaintiff
25) Employment Records--Defendant to Plaintiff
26) Education Records--Defendant to Plaintiff
27) Minor Plaintiff in School--Defendant to Plaintiff
28) Decedent--Defendant to Plaintiff
29) Use of Subpoena Duces Tecum
C. PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EXAMINATION--RULE 35
30) Overview--Checklist
31) Rarely Used in Medical Malpractice Cases
32) Pattern Form
D. DEPOSITION ON ORAL QUESTIONS--RULES 26-30
33) Overview
34) Deposition by Plaintiff's Counsel of Defendant Physician
35) Expected Deposition Questions for Defendant Physician--Checklist
36) Deposition by Defense Counsel of Plaintiff Patient
37) Pattern Questions to Plaintiff Patient--Checklist
E. DEPOSITION ON WRITTEN QUESTIONS--RULE 31
38) Overview--Checklist
39) Advantages/Disadvantages--Checklist
40) When to Use Rule 31 Depositions on Written Questions
41) Pattern Form
F. DISCOVERY--REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS OF FACTS--RULE 36
42) Overview--Checklist
43) Strategy
44) Advantages and Disadvantages--Checklist
45) Drafting and Service
46) Sanctions for Improper Refusalto Admit
47) Use of Admissions at Trial
48) Responding to Requests
49) Pattern Forms
G. REFERENCES
50) References