Automatic Disclosures

Rules of the Circuit Court of New Hampshire — District Division

Rule: 3.22.

Jurisdiction: NH

Bluebook Citation: N.H. Cir. Ct. Dist. Div. R. 3.22.

(a) Materials that Must Be Disclosed. Except as may be otherwise ordered by the court for good cause shown, a party must without awaiting a discovery request, provide to the other parties: (1) the name and, if known, the address and telephone number of each individual likely to have discoverable information that the disclosing party may use to support his or her claims or defenses, unless the use would be solely for impeachment, and, unless such information is contained in a document provided pursuant to Rule 3.22 (a)(2), a summary of the information believed by the disclosing party to be possessed by each such person; (2) a copy of all documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things that the disclosing party has in his or her possession, custody or control and may use to support his or her claims or defenses, unless the use would be solely for impeachment; (3) a computation of each category of damages claimed by the disclosing party together with all documents or other evidentiary materials on which each computation is based, including materials bearing on the nature and extent of injuries suffered; and (4) for inspection and copying, any insurance agreement or policy under which an insurance business may be liable to satisfy all or part of a possible judgment in the action or to indemnify or reimburse for payments made to satisfy the judgment. (b) Time for Disclosure. Unless the court orders otherwise, the disclosures required by Rule 3.22(a) shall be made as follows: (1) by the plaintiff, not later than 30 days after the defendant to whom the disclosure is being made has filed his or her Answer to the Complaint; and (2) by the defendant, not later than 60 days after the defendant making the disclosure has filed his or her Answer to the Complaint. (c) Duty to Supplement. Each party has a duty to supplement that party’s initial disclosures promptly upon becoming aware of the supplemental information. (d) Sanctions for Failure to Comply. A party who fails to timely make the disclosures required by this rule may be sanctioned as provided in Rule 3.21.

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