Full question:
When a person is given a bill for services and materials but is denied any details of how that amount due has been tabulated. What precedent can be used to force them to show you what you are being charged for?
- Category: Discovery
- Date:
- State: Alabama
Answer:
The answer will depend on the terms for billing of the contract involved. If you dispute the bill, there is a fact-finding process when a complaint is filed that allows a party to request the other party to turn over information, such as the supporting documention for a bill for services. A request for documents in called a regquest for production. Written questions may also be served, called interrogatories, which require the party served to supply written answeres with in a stated time.
In the discovery process of a lawsuit, a party may request information through interrogatories or a request for production as long as it is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. A party served with a discovery request may object to the request and ask the court for a protective order to limit or deny the request if it is irrelevant, overbroad, unduly burdensome, or intended for purposes of delay, expense, or harassment. If a party unjustifiably fails to respond timely to a discovery request, the requesting party may ask the court to compel the party to answer and pay costs and sanctions.
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