Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0180-06-.17 - DEPOSITIONS OF WITNESSES UPON WRITTEN INTERROGATORIES

(1) Serving Interrogatories; Notice. A party desiring to take the deposition of any person upon written interrogatories shall serve them upon every other party with a notice stating the name and address of the person who is to answer them and the name or descriptive title and address of the officer before whom the deposition is to be taken. Within ten (10) days thereafter, a party so served may serve cross-interrogatories upon the party proposing to take the deposition. Within five (5) days thereafter the latter may serve redirect interrogatories upon a party who has served cross-interrogatories. Within three (3) days after being served with redirect interrogatories, a party may serve re-cross interrogatories upon the party proposing to take the deposition.

(2) Officer to Take Responses and Prepare Record. A copy of the notice and copies of all interrogatories served shall be delivered by the party taking the deposition to the officer designated in the notice, who shall proceed promptly, in the manner provided in Rule 0180-6-.10 to take the testimony of the witnesses in response to the interrogatories and to prepare, certify, and file or mail the deposition, attaching thereto the copy of the notice and the interrogatories received by him.

(3) Notice of Filing. When the deposition is filed, the Commissioner, Hearing Officer, or Administrative Law Judge shall promptly give notice of its filing to all parties.

(4) Order for the Protection of Parties and Deponents. After the service of interrogatories and prior to the taking of the testimony of the Deponent, the Commissioner, Hearing Officer, or Administrative Law Judge, on motion promptly made by a party or Deponent, upon notice and good cause shown, may make any order specified in Rule 0180-6-.10 which is appropriate and just, or an order that the deposition shall not be taken before the officer designated in the notice, or that it shall not be taken except upon oral examination. At any time during the taking of a deposition, the Deponent may apply to the Commissioner, Hearing Officer, or Administrative Law Judge for any of the protective orders available under Rule 0180-6-.10 to a Deponent upon oral examination and the Commissioner, Hearing Officer, or Administrative Law Judge shall make any appropriate order upon Deponents showing cause as required for an order under Rule 0180-6-.10

(5) Interrogatories not to be Shown to Deponent in Advance. Interrogatories provided by this rule shall not be shown to any Deponent in advance of the taking of his deposition, except upon consent of the parties.

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Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0180-06-.17

Original rule filed November 25, 1975; effective December 27, 1975. Amendment filed February 17, 1984; effective May 15, 1984.

Authority: T.C.A. § 4-5-110; Rule 31, Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure; Chapter 938, § 1, Public Acts of 1978.