Rule 26. Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery
(a) Required Disclosures.
(1) Initial Disclosures.
(A) In General. Except as exempted by Rule 26(a)(1)(B) or as otherwise
stipulated or ordered by the court, a party must, without awaiting a
discovery request, provide to the other parties:
(i) the name and, if known, the address and telephone number of each
individual likely to have discoverable information — along with the
subjects of that information — that the disclosing party may use to
support its claims or defenses, unless the use would be solely for
impeachment;
(ii) a copy — or a description by category and location — of all
documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things that
the disclosing party has in its possession, custody, or control and may
use to support its claims or defenses, unless the use would be solely
for impeachment;
(iii) a computation of each category of damages claimed by the
disclosing party — who must also make available for inspection and
copying as under Rule 34 the documents or other evidentiary material,
unless privileged or protected from disclosure, on which each
computation is based, including materials bearing on the nature and
extent of injuries suffered; and
(iv) for inspection and copying as under Rule 34, any insurance
agreement 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) Proceedings Exempt from Initial Disclosure. The following
proceedings are exempt from initial disclosure:
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