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\nMaryland Rule 2-421<\/a> governs the manner in which Maryland personal injury attorneys may ask and answer interrogatories. Interrogatories are formal questions in writing to the adverse party requiring written responses under oath.<\/p>\n

Parties may serve thirty interrogatories to each other and typically have thirty days to respond in Maryland. This rule does not specifically direct how the interrogatories should be asked. It can be either in the form of a question (usually contention interrogatories) but, more typically, interrogatories direct the answering party to supply specific information that is described in the attorney’s interrogatory.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what the objection is, it is imperative that the defendant’s attorney be forced to provide an answer as required by Maryland Rules. If this effort fails, a motion to compel must be filed. Filing a motion to compel requires a good deal of work because a motion needs to be drafted and typically a Maryland judge will require the attorneys to attend a hearing on the motion. But the effort is necessary to get answers to interrogatories from the defendant’s attorney that you can use against the defendant at trial.<\/p>\n

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Maryland Rule 2-421 governs the manner in which Maryland personal injury attorneys may ask and answer interrogatories. Interrogatories are formal questions in writing to the adverse party requiring written responses under oath. Parties may serve thirty interrogatories to each other and typically have thirty days to respond in Maryland. 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