Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Illinois

The local rule is silent on the interrogatories but do require that answers be filed.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 3. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL

3.1 Written Discovery

3.2 Days for Taking Depositions

3.3 Termination of Discovery

PART 3. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL

3.1 Written Discovery

(a) No party shall serve on any other party more than thirty (30) written interrogatories in the aggregate including subsections except upon agreement of the parties or leave of court granted upon a showing of good cause. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 213, a motion for leave of court to serve more than thirty (30) interrogatories must be in writing and shall set forth the proposed interrogatories and the reasons establishing good cause for their use.

(b) In all Law Division cases answers to interrogatories shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

(c) Requests for admission of fact shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Within twenty-eight (28) days after service of the requests, the answering party shall serve upon the party requesting the admission and file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court either a sworn statement denying specifically the matters of which admission is requested or setting forth in detail the reasons why the party cannot truthfully admit or deny those matters or a written objection to each request.

[Amended March 25, 1996, effective May 1, 1996.]