trailer endobj /Pg 18 0 R << /P 10 0 R 36 0 obj << >> >> 21 [220 0 R 221 0 R 222 0 R 223 0 R 294 0 R 295 0 R 296 0 R 297 0 R 298 0 R 299 0 R /P 10 0 R /Type /StructElem 304 0 obj 106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R 36 0 R 110 0 R 111 0 R 112 0 R 113 0 R 114 0 R >> /Type /StructElem /ID (Note 1) >> >> /K [7] >> >> >> 70 0 obj /Type /StructElem >> endobj endobj 185 0 R 186 0 R 187 0 R 188 0 R 189 0 R 190 0 R 191 0 R 192 0 R 193 0 R 194 0 R /Pg 15 0 R When photographs seemingly disappeared after the plaintiffs deposition, the defendant moved to compel inspection of the plaintiffs Facebook profile. /K [13] /K [18] 94 0 obj << endobj /Pg 15 0 R /Type /StructElem /Parent 6 0 R 0000014306 00000 n << >> Interrogatories can be served on a plaintiff any time after the action is commenced. 16 [178 0 R 179 0 R 180 0 R 181 0 R 292 0 R 183 0 R 184 0 R 185 0 R 186 0 R 187 0 R /P 10 0 R /S /P /S /P /P 10 0 R 296 0 obj /P 10 0 R /S /P To maximize the likelihood of obtaining requested social media evidence, carefully craft interrogatories and requests for production to encompass relevant and reasonably calculated materials. /Tabs /S /Pg 25 0 R >> 134 0 obj /Type /StructElem 96 0 R 97 0 R 98 0 R 99 0 R 100 0 R 101 0 R 102 0 R 103 0 R 104 0 R 105 0 R endobj << /Type /StructElem >> /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem /P 474 0 R >> /K [0] /S /P << /Parent 6 0 R 0000007591 00000 n /S /P /Type /StructElem /S /P In 1994, the Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar, the Conference of Circuit Judges, and the Conference of County Court Judges formed a joint committee to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas on how to improve the day- to-day practice of law for trial lawyers and trial judges. 387 (E.D. /Pg 22 0 R /Pg 19 0 R endobj /P 474 0 R Defense Digest,Vol. endobj 686 0 obj <>stream 168 0 obj << endobj endobj /Pg 17 0 R /P 10 0 R /S /P /Pg 13 0 R /K [3] /StructParents 17 <> endobj << /Chart /Sect 101 0 obj >> >> RESPONSE TO FORM INTERROGATORY NO. << >> << endobj 305 0 obj /Pg 14 0 R /Pg 14 0 R 54 0 obj endobj /S /P << 15 [170 0 R 171 0 R 172 0 R 173 0 R 174 0 R 291 0 R 176 0 R 177 0 R] 119 0 obj endobj /Type /StructElem << >> /Type /StructElem endstream endobj 108 0 obj <. 144 0 obj /Type /StructElem 325 0 obj 232 0 obj /K [3] endobj /S /P 147 0 obj /S /P /K [3] /P 10 0 R 14 [154 0 R 155 0 R 156 0 R 157 0 R 158 0 R 159 0 R 290 0 R 161 0 R 162 0 R 163 0 R /S /P /P 10 0 R /S /P /Type /StructElem /Annots [] /K [1] This Note addresses the duty to search for responsive information, who must respond to interrogatories, the types of responses that the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure permit, and the service and filing requirements for interrogatories. >> /Contents [375 0 R 376 0 R 377 0 R] 220 0 obj /Type /StructElem /P 474 0 R Social media evidence is generally discoverable, not subject to privilege and not protected by a right to privacy. /S /P By making the accompanying responses and objections to Defendant's requests for documents and interrogatory, Plaintiff does not waive, and hereby expressly reserves, its right to assert any and all objections as to the admissibility of such responses into evidence in this action, or in any other proceedings, on any and all grounds including, but << >> << /Parent 6 0 R /K [5] /K [2] /K 27 >> /S /P /S /P /Pg 13 0 R /K [4] << 59 0 obj /K [11] endobj endobj /Pg 29 0 R endobj 0000007029 00000 n Objections to portions of a document request do not excuse the responding party from producing those documents to which there is no objection. /Type /StructElem /K [19] >> /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem /S /P endobj "Each interrogatory shall be answered separately and fully in writing under oath unless it is objected to, in which event the grounds for objection shall be stated and signed by the attorney making it." Fla. R. Civ. /MediaBox [0 0 607.0200195312 795.4799804688] /Type /StructElem "bKXkIBC0R"/#HZP{!H1b78 /S /P /S /P /Pg 33 0 R /Pg 21 0 R /S /P 219 0 obj /Type /StructElem /Tabs /S /Pg 20 0 R xref /Contents [410 0 R 411 0 R 412 0 R] /Pg 17 0 R /P 471 0 R /K [456 0 R] /K [4] /P 449 0 R /Type /StructElem /K [25] >> 253 0 obj /Pg 16 0 R /Group 399 0 R /K [22] << /Type /StructElem >> /Pg 20 0 R << /StructParents 8 /P 10 0 R Generalized assertions of privilege will be rejected. /S /P /IDTree 9 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 607.0200195312 795.4799804688] /S /P /S /P 1, March 2018. /Pg 28 0 R >> endobj << This Interrogatory duplicative and overly burdensome, and harassing. 0000002293 00000 n /Annots [] << /Type /StructElem /S /P /Type /StructElem 244 0 R 245 0 R 246 0 R 247 0 R 248 0 R 249 0 R 250 0 R 251 0 R 252 0 R 253 0 R /P 10 0 R /Type /StructElem endobj /P 473 0 R x* /Type /StructElem endobj >> /Pg 34 0 R >> << >> >> 17 0 obj For more detailed information, please see the SmartRules Response to Interrogatory Guide for the court where your action is pending. /S /P It is duplicative of Form Interrogatory 3.1 which was served by Madera Framing on November 24, 2015 and responded to on January 15, 2016, by Responding Party. << /K [1] /P 476 0 R 173 0 obj /S /P endobj endobj /Pg 29 0 R << /Type /StructElem /Resources 328 0 R << When an answer is narrowed by one or more objections, this fact and the nature of the information withheld should be specified in the response itself. 76 0 obj 12 0 obj /S /P When responding to such objections, defense attorneys should be prepared to argue that Nucci does not limit social media discovery solely to photographs; it allows for the discovery of social media evidence that is relevant and reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. 308 0 obj /Type /StructElem >> /Type /StructElem After the trial court denied its motion, the defendant filed narrower discovery requests. 5047 /Type /StructElem 320 0 R 225 0 R 226 0 R 227 0 R 228 0 R 229 0 R 230 0 R 231 0 R 232 0 R 233 0 R] >> /P 476 0 R /Type /StructElem /S /L /P 10 0 R 1. endobj <>/Metadata 14 0 R/OutputIntents[<>]/Pages 8 0 R/StructTreeRoot 16 0 R/Type/Catalog/Names 71 0 R>> /Pg 27 0 R /P 472 0 R /P 10 0 R /P 10 0 R >> /Pg 26 0 R >> /S /P /Type /StructElem 18 [202 0 R 203 0 R 204 0 R 205 0 R 206 0 R 207 0 R 208 0 R 209 0 R 210 0 R 211 0 R] /P 471 0 R >> /Parent 6 0 R endobj 118 0 obj /StructParents 4 >> endobj << /Pg 25 0 R 13 [144 0 R 288 0 R 146 0 R 147 0 R 148 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R 151 0 R 289 0 R 153 0 R] /Type /StructElem 2 0 obj /K [0] /S /P /Pg 20 0 R I. >> /K [5] /S /P /S /P endobj << 122 0 obj /Pg 19 0 R endobj The interrogatory also seeks attorney work-product in violation of Code of Civil Procedure sections 2018.020 and 2018.030. >> /Pg 34 0 R >> /P 10 0 R /P 458 0 R /Type /StructElem /K [3] /Parent 6 0 R 143 0 obj /S /P Specific objections should be matched to specific requests. >> /S /P >> /P 10 0 R 86 0 obj endobj /K [34] endobj endobj endobj 21 0 obj 62 0 obj >> /Type /StructElem /P 10 0 R /K [2] /Annots [] /S /P >> /Parent 6 0 R /Pg 13 0 R >> /Pg 34 0 R A sample set of interrogatories that may be used in a Florida circuit court civil case. endobj /K [0] << /Resources 343 0 R << /Type /StructElem /Pg 22 0 R 193 0 obj /S /P << /P 10 0 R >> When an answer to an interrogatory may be derived from records and the burden of deriving the information would be the same for either party, the party who received the interrogatory has the option to identify and produce or make available the records from which the answer may be derived. << >> 0000007100 00000 n /Type /StructElem /Tabs /S 68 0 obj /K [6] /K [0] /K [9] /Type /StructElem /P 474 0 R endobj 129 0 obj /Pg 14 0 R >> /Pg 23 0 R /Pg 16 0 R /Group 419 0 R This publication is not intended to provide legal advice for a specific situation or to create an attorney-client relationship. << /P 10 0 R Fla. R. Civ. /P 10 0 R >> endobj This Note addresses the duty to search for responsive information, who must respond to interrogatories, the types of responses that the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure permit, and the service and filing requirements for interrogatories. /Pg 23 0 R /Pg 13 0 R endobj /Pg 30 0 R OBJECTIONS. endobj << I graduated with a bachelor of science . /P 10 0 R endobj << << /Names [(Note 1) 35 0 R (Note 2) 36 0 R] /P 10 0 R 3: Provide a summary of the expected testimony of each witness identified in response to Interrogatory No. /K [3] >> endobj /Contents [330 0 R 331 0 R 332 0 R] /K [3] /P 473 0 R /K [8] 246 0 obj << >> endobj endobj /P 474 0 R >> /Type /Page 167 0 obj /Tabs /S P. 1.340(c). >> >> /Type /StructElem /Workbook /Document /S /P /P 10 0 R /S /P /Resources 388 0 R 252 0 obj >> endstream endobj startxref /P 472 0 R 121 0 obj >> /Pg 17 0 R /S /Span /P 10 0 R endobj Nonspecific objections do not comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Local Rules and will not be sustained by this Court. endobj 254 0 R 255 0 R 256 0 R 257 0 R 258 0 R 259 0 R 260 0 R 261 0 R 262 0 R 263 0 R /P 10 0 R Summary Judgment vs Summary Adjudication What is the Difference? endobj endobj /P 10 0 R /Pg 29 0 R /Pg 26 0 R 0000002727 00000 n /P 10 0 R >> endobj /K [24] /Pg 15 0 R /P 460 0 R 209 0 obj /P 10 0 R >> /K [12] << << << << /Group 334 0 R << /P 10 0 R /K [6] /S /P /S /P 326 0 obj /Parent 6 0 R /S /P endstream endobj 59 0 obj<> endobj 61 0 obj<> endobj 62 0 obj<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/ExtGState<>>> endobj 63 0 obj<> endobj 64 0 obj<> endobj 65 0 obj<> endobj 66 0 obj[/ICCBased 71 0 R] endobj 67 0 obj<> endobj 68 0 obj<> endobj 69 0 obj<> endobj 70 0 obj<>stream /Parent 6 0 R /S /P M i c r o s o f t W o r d 2 0 1 6; modified using iText 2.1.7 by 1T3XT >> /K [6] /K [36] >> Fla. R. Civ. endobj /P 10 0 R /Type /StructElem /Type /StructElem /Type /Page << OBJECTIONS. xref /S /P /StructParents 9 A sample set of interrogatories that may be used in a Florida circuit court civil case. /K [7] 80 0 obj /Group 344 0 R /K [4] For a more detailed discussion of the invocation of privilege, see. /Type /StructElem 0000051500 00000 n /S /P /Type /StructElem << /Pg 28 0 R /K [7] /Tabs /S 104 0 obj /S /P A Practice Note discussing how to draft and serve a response to interrogatories in a Florida circuit court civil case. /Pg 31 0 R %%EOF endobj 225 0 obj /S /P /Pg 27 0 R /K [4] >> Standard objections to discovery requests under the FRCP and the Cal. /K [5] /S /P /Type /Page endobj /Type /StructElem 96 0 R] stream << /Type /StructElem /Pg 25 0 R /Pg 27 0 R >> 0000173956 00000 n << /S /LBody Airport, 278 F.R.D. /Pg 13 0 R /P 10 0 R endobj /S /P endobj >> << /S /P /S /LBody /K [8] /Pg 28 0 R endobj /StructParents 14 endobj >> as well as their objections and responses to discovery requests, are subject to Fla. Stat. >> /Type /StructElem /P 10 0 R /Type /StructElem endobj 0000177044 00000 n >> endobj 234 0 obj >> /P 10 0 R endobj 226 0 obj /Pages 6 0 R /Type /StructElem >> /Annots [] /K [4] /Annots [] "Objection. endobj hb```FB ea8$$zPi@ &+on;00\?L\`h`h`16k@@0*33d1L5\ "uZ#&4l /S /P The disputed discovery requests are Interrogatories 2-7, 12, 13, and 18, and Document Requests 12, 25-27, and 39. << >> >> /Type /StructElem /P 10 0 R << /Pg 16 0 R << /S /P /S /P << >> /P 10 0 R /S /P /Type /StructElem /P 10 0 R endobj /Type /StructElem >> /S /P /K [31] Northeast Florida State University from September 1999 to May 2003. >> /S /P 81 0 obj endobj << m8{3N? /StructParents 11 << /Type /StructElem 124 0 obj << /Tabs /S /K [8] /K [0] This article provides guidance on countering objections arising during discovery in Florida state actions. /A 453 0 R >> 58 16 /CreationDate (D:20180621145354-05'00') /S /P /P 441 0 R >> endobj << %PDF-1.4 % /K 13 /K [5] /P 322 0 R Each defendant's responses to these requests are essentially identical, with the exception of Interrogatory No. /K [5] endobj << /MediaBox [0 0 607.0200195312 795.4799804688] Form 1 - GENERAL PERSONAL INJURY NEGLIGENCE - INTERROGATORIES TO PLAINTIFF. >> << /Pg 32 0 R endobj /MediaBox [0 0 607.0200195312 795.4799804688] /Pg 14 0 R >> >> >> << endobj endobj /A 457 0 R stream /S /P /K [3] /K 25 5 0 obj Form 4 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - INTERROGATORIES TO DEFENDANT. endobj /Type /StructElem /Pg 34 0 R endobj endobj /P 10 0 R for the southern district of florida james tracy, ) ) plaintiff, ) ) case no. >> /K [9] RESPONSE TO FORM INTERROGATORY NO. 215 0 obj << endobj ASSERTIONS OF PRIVILEGE. /Type /StructElem /K [10] << /Pg 26 0 R /Dialogsheet /Part << 66 0 R 67 0 R 68 0 R 69 0 R 70 0 R 71 0 R 72 0 R 73 0 R 74 0 R 75 0 R 213 0 obj /Type /StructElem /Pg 14 0 R 150 0 obj /Type /StructElem endobj >> /S /LBody << /Type /StructElem /P 10 0 R << << << 136 0 obj << 34 0 obj << /S /P /K [4] 120 0 obj /S /P >> endobj /K [1] % endobj << << 24 0 obj /P 10 0 R 194 0 obj >> /Type /StructElem >> /P 473 0 R endobj >> >> 255 0 obj endobj endobj <>stream /K 26 /CS /DeviceRGB Prior to the plaintiffs deposition, defense counsel saw that her Facebook profile contained 1,285 photographs. /P 10 0 R << /P 472 0 R >> /K [2] If the defendant has surveillance films or Facebook posts of your client and wants to use them as evidence, they must be disclosed AFTER the plaintiff's deposition. 098595 Attorneys Ad Litem for the minor Offices at Grand Bay Plaza 2665 Bayshore Drive Suite 220-14 Miami, Florida 33133 Telephone: 305-373-3101 Facsimile: 305-381-8734 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been served via /MediaBox [0 0 607.0200195312 795.4799804688] /S /P >> 0000003211 00000 n /S /P >> /S /P << /S /LBody /K [0] P. 1.340 (a). The scope of inquiry allowable in interrogatories is any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the subject matter of the pending action, whether it relates to the claim or defense of the party seeking discovery or the claim or defense of any other party, including the existence, description, nature, custody, condition, and location of any books, documents, or other tangible things and the identity and location of persons having knowledge of any discoverable matter. Fla. R. Civ. /K [5] << endobj 146 0 obj 164 0 obj 0000004654 00000 n /Type /StructElem << 25 0 obj 238 0 obj >> << endobj /S /P /K [8] /S /P /P 10 0 R 0000051906 00000 n /A 439 0 R stream /Tabs /S << endobj The party to whom the interrogatories are directed must serve the answers and any objections within 30 days after the service of the interrogatories, except that a defendant may serve answers or objections within 45 days after service of the process and initial pleading on that defendant. /Type /StructElem >> /Type /StructElem endobj << 183 0 obj /S /P endobj 90 0 obj %%EOF 300 0 R 301 0 R 302 0 R 303 0 R 304 0 R 305 0 R 306 0 R 307 0 R 308 0 R 309 0 R Despite its ubiquity, many peopleincluding plaintiffs in personal injury lawsuitscontinue to share information on their social media accounts that can be a boon to defense counsel but disastrous to their own claims. endobj /S /P /S /LBody /S /P >> endobj /S /P /K [39] 222 0 obj >> Defense attorneys can expect objections to any social media-related discovery requests that exceed those contemplated by the Nucci court. << /K [2] >> /S /P endobj /Type /StructElem /S /P /K [3] << /S /P /K [6] /S /P 10 [126 0 R 127 0 R 128 0 R 129 0 R 130 0 R] >> /K [6] This website uses Google Translate, a free service. /P 10 0 R Interrogatories may contain specially defined terms, as long as these definitions are reasonable and not subject to misinterpretation. /S /P /P 10 0 R 24, No. /Type /Pages >> endobj << 102 0 obj 0000051314 00000 n /P 10 0 R /S /P 8 [115 0 R 116 0 R 117 0 R 118 0 R 119 0 R] /Type /StructElem 233 0 obj /K [1] /P 478 0 R 0000005536 00000 n /Pg 13 0 R Co., 88 A.D.3d 617 (N.Y. App. /S /P 0 /P 10 0 R endobj /S /P /S /P /S /P /K [10] >> /Contents [385 0 R 386 0 R 387 0 R] /Parent 6 0 R /K [4] /P 10 0 R endobj And social medias footprint is ever-expandingas of the third quarter of 2017, Facebook had more than 2 billion monthly active users, up from 1 billion in 2012. /Pg 29 0 R All grounds for an objection must be stated with specificity. /P 10 0 R This avoids drawing an objection from opposing counsel where the . /Pg 13 0 R In a thorough opinion that cited to and adopted reasoning from courts across the country, the Fourth District denied the plaintiffs petition for certiorari and upheld the trial courts order. /Pg 13 0 R << >> /S /Table endobj 259 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 607.0200195312 795.4799804688] >> 201 0 obj endobj << 163 0 obj /Footer /Sect Form 3 - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - INTERROGATORIES TO PLAINTIFF. 64 0 obj /P 10 0 R /K [23] endobj 275 0 obj /Type /StructElem /Contents [380 0 R 381 0 R 382 0 R] 151 0 obj endobj endobj >> >> 107 0 obj <> endobj << /Pg 34 0 R /StructParents 18 /S /P H|= 58 0 obj >> /S /P /Pg 31 0 R /Resources 398 0 R , requires the respondent to answer an interrogatory separately and fully in writing and under oath, unless the respondent objects, in which event the party objecting shall state with specificity the reasons for objection and shall answer to the extent the interrogatory is not objectionable. /Type /Page /Type /StructElem << endobj << /Type /StructElem /Pg 34 0 R qWgm%^yv&r8B41. endobj /Pg 13 0 R /Pg 28 0 R /K [2] One of the first cases defense attorneys should rely upon is the Fourth District Court of Appeals opinion in Nucci v. Target Corp., 162 So.3d 146 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015), in which the plaintiff slipped and fell in a Target store. >> << >> >> Cal. /Chartsheet /Part /S /P /P 35 0 R endobj /P 476 0 R /Root 73 0 R >> << endobj endobj 260 0 obj 197 0 obj /P 10 0 R endobj << /Type /StructElem
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