Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Maryland

Dose the "Right to Discovery" applies in county courts eg. "Small Claims"and if not how can one get the other party to disclose "EssentialI nformation".?


Asked on 12/07/10, 11:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Phillip M. Cook Cook Legal Services, LLC

You have the right to discovery in Maryland small claims court. Specifically, you can send the other party interrogatories (written questions), request for documents, or request for admissions (where you ask them to admit or deny certain facts). There are various court rules governing how many questions you can ask, at what point in the trial process they must be submitted to the opposing party, what information or documentation or admission you can seek, the time limits for response, where and how the discovery requests must be sent, etc. In other words, if you don't have an attorney, you should hire one -- your chances of success are much greater. Even if you don't want to hire an attorney to represent you in Court, you can certainly hire one for the limited purposes of helping you prepare and serve discovery requests to the other party. Please let me know if you would like assistance.

Best of luck.******The above is for informational purposes only and does not create an attorney-client privilege.*******

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Answered on 12/13/10, 5:49 am


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