S.C. Code Regs. § § 9-100.233

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 9-100.233 - Interrogatories

A. Any party may serve upon any other party written interrogatories. However, the total number of general interrogatories to any one party may not exceed fifty (50) questions including subparts, except by permission of the adjudicator for good cause shown.

B. Each interrogatory shall be answered separately and fully in writing under oath or affirmation, unless it is objected to, in which event the reasons for the objection shall be stated in lieu of an answer. The answers are to be signed by the person making them, and the objections signed by the attorney or other representative making them. Answers and objections shall be made within thirty (30) days after the service of the interrogatories. The party submitting the interrogatories may move for an order under R. 9-100.239 [Sanctions for Failure to Comply] with respect to any objection or other failure to answer an interrogatory.

C. An interrogatory otherwise proper is not necessarily objectionable merely because an answer to the interrogatory involves an opinion or contention that relates to fact or the application of law to fact, but the Adjudicator may order that such an interrogatory need not be answered until after designated discovery has been completed or until a prehearing conference or other later time.

D. It is a sufficient answer to such interrogatories to specify the records from which the answer may be derived or ascertained where:

1. the answer to an interrogatory may be derived or ascertained from the records of the party upon whom the interrogatory has been served or from an examination, audit, or inspection of such records, or from a compilation, abstract, or summary based thereon, and

2. the burden of deriving or ascertaining the answer is substantially the same for the party serving the interrogatory as for the party served.

The party serving the interrogatory shall be afforded reasonable opportunity to examine, audit, or inspect such records and to make copies, compilations, abstracts, or summaries. The specification shall include sufficient detail to permit the interrogating party to locate and identify the individual records from which the answer may be ascertained.

S.C. Code Regs. § 9-100.233

Added by State Register Volume 22, Issue No. 6, Part 1, eff June 26, 1998.