Discovery
Assuming that the Defendant filed and responsive pleading, the parties will move onto the “Discovery” stage where each party has the opportunity to learn what evidence the other side has. It is at this stage that the parties attempt to identify and gather the information they will need to prove or counter the allegations at trial.
The Discovery stage of litigation allows the parties to prepare for trial and potentially settle the case as each party should be better able to evaluate the strength of their and their opponent’s case after discovery is completed. While the Discovery process usually does not require the parties to go to court, each side may file motions with the court asking the judge to, among other things, order a party to respond to certain discovery requests, punish a party for doing things such as failing to respond to a discovery requests, making unreasonable discovery request or for any other reasons allowed by the rules.
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