Section R20-5-821. Parties’ Disposition upon Written Interrogatories

A.      After a request for hearing is filed with the Commission, any party desiring to take the deposition of another party upon written interrogatories shall file with the hearing officer, in duplicate, copies of the interrogatories sought to be submitted to the party. The written interrogatories submitted pursuant to this rule shall be limited to 25 in number with no subsections. Copies of such interrogatories shall be filed at least five days prior to any scheduled hearing.

B.       Answers to the interrogatories shall be served on all parties by the party answering the interrogatories within 10 days after service of the interrogatories, or within 10 days after a ruling by the hearing officer that the interrogatories be answered.

C.      No scheduled hearing shall be cancelled or continued for fail- ure to take or complete the taking of a deposition taken pursu- ant to the provisions of this rule.

D.      Depositions taken pursuant to the provisions of this rule shall only be used at the time of hearing for impeachment of a wit- ness unless the deponent is deceased at the time of the sched- uled hearing in which event they may be admitted into evidence.

Historical Note

Adopted effective March 20, 1975 (Supp. 75-1). R20-5-

821  recodified from R4-13-821 (Supp. 95-1).