Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)

Citation: Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019) 4.
Parent Document: Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date: 2019-04-10
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7178223/adjartey-v-cent-div-of-the-hous... ↗

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4. Discovery. Once a summary process eviction case is commenced, the landlord and the tenant may obtain information relevant to the case -- known as "discovery" -- by serving a discovery demand on the opposing party and filing a copy of the demand with the court. See Rule 7(a) of the Uniform Summary Process Rules (1993). Service and filing of the discovery demand must take place on or before the first Monday after the entry date. Id. Parties may demand discovery in the form of written interrogatories (questions written by one party and submitted to the other party for responses), requests for admission (requests that the opposing party explicitly admit or deny particular statements), or requests for the production of documents. Id. Where either party submits a demand for discovery, the opposing party has a total of ten days to respond with the requested answers or documents. See Rule 7(c) of the Uniform Summary Process Rules (1993). This timeline may prove challenging for many unrepresented litigants, particularly when they do not have ready access to the requested materials.

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