{"id":5415,"date":"2012-05-24T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/?p=5415"},"modified":"2012-05-24T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T09:00:05","slug":"what-are-requests-for-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/staging\/8350\/what-are-requests-for-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Requests for Admissions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8XWkQTbjLJ4[\/youtube]<br \/>\nRequests for admissions occur during the discovery process within a lawsuit.\u00a0 When you are sued you are given a \u201c<a title=\"What Is A Complaint? | Parts of A Civil Lawsuit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/what-is-a-complaint\/\" target=\"_blank\">complaint<\/a>\u201d which tells the court what the person(s)\/company did legally wrong. Example: Sunny Side Up Nursing Home did not provide proper care to John Doe as required by the NC state guidelines for standard care. \u00a0The court requires a legal answer (No, we, Sunny Side Up Nursing Home, provided proper care to John Doe as required by the NC state guidelines for standard care). Answers are always legally binding, and must be filed with the court during the allotted timeframe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Computer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5416\" style=\"margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"Google Search for Request for Admissions\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Computer-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Google Search for Request for Admissions\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The complaint starts the discovery process in which the court wants to find \u201cfacts\u201d regarding the case.\u00a0 The plaintiff\u2019s attorney, the plaintiff is the person(s)\/company who files the lawsuit, will send out interrogatories (questions) in which the defendant is required to answer (responses on whether or not the allegations are true).\u00a0 Once you respond with your answers, you must file them with the court for them to be valid.\u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requests for admissions<\/strong> are statements of facts sent to one of the parties of the lawsuit. It is a part of the legal discovery process.\u00a0 The responding party must either admit or deny the alleged facts sent in the request for admissions. If the responding party does not deny the alleged facts, they are deemed to be admitted after a certain amount of time and are considered a legal fact in the court proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Request for admissions are often seen in a wide array of legal cases. Whether it is in <a title=\"Bankruptcy Lawyers | Charlotte, Greensboro &amp; Winston-Salem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/bankruptcy\/\" target=\"_blank\">bankruptcy<\/a> litigation, workers\u2019 compensation litigation or any other type of civil litigation, request for admissions are a tool used to obtain more information and determine what facts are truly in dispute in a case. If all of the parties to a case can agree certain facts and contentions are true \u2013 then it ensures more efficient litigation.<\/p>\n<p>All law can be confusing at times, especially in lawsuits where you have two entities\/person(s) involved in a lawsuit. It is imperative that you seek proper legal advice from your attorney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8XWkQTbjLJ4[\/youtube] Requests for admissions occur during the discovery process within a lawsuit.\u00a0 When you are sued you are given a \u201ccomplaint\u201d which tells the court what the person(s)\/company did legally wrong. Example: Sunny Side Up Nursing Home did not provide proper care to John Doe as required by the NC state guidelines for standard care. &#8230; <a title=\"What are Requests for Admissions?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/staging\/8350\/what-are-requests-for-admissions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What are Requests for Admissions?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,57,58,59,15,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bankruptcy","category-duncan-law-blog","category-medical-malpractice-duncan-law-blog","category-nursing-home-abuse-duncan-law-blog","category-serious-injury","category-workers-compensation","category-wrongful-death-duncan-law-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What are Requests for Admissions? | Parts of Civil Discovery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/staging\/8350\/what-are-requests-for-admissions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What are Requests for Admissions?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8XWkQTbjLJ4[\/youtube] Requests for admissions occur during the discovery process within a lawsuit.\u00a0 When you are sued you are given a \u201ccomplaint\u201d which tells the court what the person(s)\/company did legally wrong. 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