what questions are asked during an examination for discovery lawsuit for personal injury?

Answer 1

If you're referring to an examination under oath (deposition) then all kinds of things will be asked. Your past and present medical history - all the way back to childhood. Employment, education, etc.

Any way that you could have contributed to the accident will be asked, and any thing you did to make your injuries worse or any way you failed to help yourself get better. If your spouse is making a claim for loss of consortium, you will be asked what you do around the house, and about your sex life. The list goes on and on.

Answer 2

The first poster is correct that it depends on who is being questioned, the plaintiff, defendant or a witness.

If it's the plaintiff, the defense will want to know as much about you as they can discover, including what you were doing before the injury, how the injury occurred, why you think the defendant is responsible, the nature and extent of your injuries, and whether you have been involved in litigation before.

If it's the defendant, the questions will be the largely same, except of course that your injuries aren't involved.

If it's a witness, it's more simple: what did you see? And do you have any reason to favor one side or the other.

Answer 3

Since it's not clear just who is being asked, I can only tell you generally that Discovery is intended to narrow down the issues to present to the court, by finding what facts are not in dispute.

Did the Plaintiff have an insurance policy with your company in force the date of the accident?

Were you driving the car that hit the Plaintiff?

Did you seek medical medical treatment for the injury claimed before?

Discovery isn't a big deal, it's just designed to get the stuff everyone agrees to out of the way so the court can focus on whatever they don't agree on, and maybe even make it clear that there are no issues for trial at all.

Answer 4

That depends on who is being questioned.