{"id":369,"date":"2016-01-19T08:04:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T14:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=369"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:40:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:40:00","slug":"discovery-art-preparing-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/discovery-art-preparing-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery and the Art of Preparing for Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a person is injured, and another party is to blame for his or her injury, the injured party can file a lawsuit to recover compensation for their injuries. Whether the defendant is liable or not depends on if he or she took reasonable care under the circumstances. If they did not, the defendant was\u00a0negligent and may have to pay compensation to the injured party.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike on television, where trials often appear to happen just days after an accident occurs or a crime is committed, real trials are preceded by a somewhat lengthy period of what is known in legal terms as \u201cdiscovery.\u201d Generally speaking, discovery is a process by which the plaintiff and defendant exchange information about a case prior to a trial.<\/p>\n<p>During the discovery phase of a personal injury case, the plaintiff and defendant are entitled to ask the other party written questions about the accident. These questions are called interrogatories.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/discovery-art-preparing-trial\/#more-369\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a person is injured, and another party is to blame for his or her injury, the injured party can file a lawsuit to recover compensation for their injuries. Whether the defendant is liable or not depends on if he or she took reasonable care under the circumstances. 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