13th Judicial Circuit Court, Mobile County, Alabama Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICALCivil cases

Each party must identify and make its expected case-in-chief documents, exhibits, and physical evidence available to the other parties for inspection and copying at least 21 days before trial.

Each party shall identify in writing to all other parties and shall make all documents, exhibits and physical evidence, or copies thereof, expected to be used in the case in chief available to the other parties, not less than 21 says prior to trial, for inspection and copying.

CRITICALCivil cases

If applicable, doctor, medical, and hospital bills must be sent or made available to all parties at least 21 days before trial; written objections specifying their grounds must be made to the Court at least 14 days before trial.

If applicable, all doctor, medical and hospital bills shall be sent to or made available to all parties not less than 21 days before trial and shall be admitted in evidence as reasonable without further proof, unless written objection to any such bills be made to the Court no less than 14 days before trial specifying the grounds for objection.

CRITICALCivil cases

A party seeking special damages must furnish the other parties with a list at least 21 days before trial.

All parties seeking special damages shall furnish the other parties with a list thereof not less than 21 days prior to trial.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Expert disclosure

Unless already obtained through discovery, each party must furnish all other parties the expected experts’ names, addresses, qualifications, and a brief summary of their opinions.

Unless previously obtained by discovery, each party will furnish to all other parties the names, addresses and qualifications of all expert witnesses expected to testify, together with a brief summary of their opinions.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Doctor medical and hospital bills

If applicable, medical bills must be sent or made available to all parties at least 21 days before trial; objections must be made to the Court at least 14 days before trial and state their grounds.

If applicable, all doctor, medical and hospital bills shall be sent to or made available to all parties not less than 21 days before trial and shall be admitted in evidence as reasonable without further proof, unless written objection to any such bills be made to the Court no less than 14 days before trial specifying the grounds for objection.

CRITICALCivil cases

A party seeking special damages must furnish the other parties a list of those damages at least 21 days before trial.

All parties seeking special damages shall furnish the other parties with a list thereof not less than 21 days before trial.

CRITICALCivil cases

A medical bill not timely exhibited to the other parties will be excluded at trial unless the ends of justice require otherwise.

Any such bill not timely exhibited to other parties will not be admitted at trial unless the ends of justice so require.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Case in chief documents exhibits and physical evidence

Each party must identify and make available its expected case-in-chief documents, exhibits, and physical evidence to all other parties at least 21 days before trial.

Each party shall identify in writing to all other parties and shall make all documents, exhibits and physical evidence, or copies thereof, expected to be used in the case in chief available to the other parties, not less than 21 days prior to trial,

CRITICALCivil cases

Evidence of claimed special damages not timely exhibited to the other parties will be excluded unless the ends of justice require otherwise.

Evidence of special damages claimed, but not time exhibited to other parties, will not be admitted into evidence unless the ends of justice so require.

CRITICALCivil cases

Documents, exhibits, and physical evidence must be exhibited or made available to the other parties before trial or they will be excluded, subject to stated exceptions.

Documents, exhibits or physical evidence not timely exhibited to or made available to other parties prior to trial under this Order will not be admitted into evidence at trial unless solely for impeachment purposes or unless the ends of justice so require.

CRITICALCivil cases

Each party must identify in writing and make available to the other parties all case-in-chief documents, exhibits, and physical evidence, or copies, at least 21 days before trial for inspection and copying.

Each party shall identify in writing to all other parties and shall make all documents, exhibits and physical evidence, or copies thereof, expected to be used in this case in chief available to the other parties, not less than 21 days prior to trial, for inspection and copying.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Special damages list

A party seeking special damages must furnish the other parties a list of those damages at least 21 days before trial.

All parties seeking special damages shall furnish the other parties with a list thereof not less than 21 days before trial.

CRITICALCivil cases

If applicable, doctor, medical, and hospital bills must be sent or made available to all parties at least 21 days before trial.

If applicable, all doctor, medical and hospital bills shall be sent or made available to all parties not less than 21 days prior to trial

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Case in chief documents exhibits and physical evidence

The pretrial identification and availability requirement does not apply to materials used solely for impeachment.

The requirement does not apply to documents, exhibits and physical evidence used solely as impeachment evidence.