Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in New York

number of interrogatories allowed

I received a summons to answer interrogatorites. There are 105 interrogatories in the list. According to FRCP Rule 33 only 25 interrogatories are allowed in a set unless the court makes an exception pursuant to Rule 26(b).

There is no document with the summons showing that the court gave the plaintiff an exception in the number of interrogatories submitted. Will I be in contempt if I only answer the first 25 and then decline to answer the remaining citing Rule 33 as my reason for not answering?

Mare


Asked on 12/19/04, 12:45 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Guy Lewit Guy Mitchell Lewit, Esq.

Re: number of interrogatories allowed

That depends on what court you are in. You could make an attempt to respond, OR if you find the questions to be burdensome and not likely to lead to evidence relevent to the proceeding you can so state. Make an attempt at answering the questions you believe are proper and leave if up to some Judge to tell you what to do with respect to the others. They don't do anything to you if you make a good faith effort and the questions are ridiculous.

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Answered on 12/19/04, 8:13 pm


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