Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Florida

Hi,\nI am a pro se plaintiff in a federal civil case. I submitted Interrogatories as part of Discovery and they were done in one Interrogatory per page format so there would be enough room for each response. Also, I did the usual definitions, i.e, you means Defendant, Consumer means so and so, etc. They retyped my entire document, leaving only a small space for answers and the answers were misleading and none of my definitions were there. Essentially, they redid and reformated my entire document and also they objected to nearly all of my Request for Production of Documents. I am wondering if it\'s legal for them to completely redo my document, to object to nearly everything and to give short, misleading answers that don\'t really answer the quesstion.


Asked on 7/30/09, 9:42 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Sarah Grosse Sarah Grosse, Esquire

Did you expect the opposing party (or his attorney) to hand write or type on an old fashioned typewriter into the space provided in your Interrogatories? No. The opposing party retypes the question and types an answer to each. So, yes, it is legal for them to completely redo your document - unless all your questions are not there verbatim, and then no, that\'s not okay. In answering each interrogatory, the opposing party may object in whole or in part. In answering each Interrogatory, the opposing party can give evasive or incomplete answers. What you is either 1. rephrase the question to overcome the objection or 2. file a Motion to Compel. \n\nHope that helps.

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Answered on 7/31/09, 1:13 am


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