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A plaintiff is the title referred to by someone who is bringing a lawsuit against an individual or company. A plaintiff may also be referred to as a claimant.

A tortfeasor is an individual or business who is alleged by a claimant or plaintiff to have committed a tort against them. A tort is usually negligence, which is the basis for a claim for bodily injury or property damage in accidents such as a motor vehicle accident, slip and fall, or aviation accident. A tortfeasor may be liable even if only passively negligent such as owner of a vehicle driven by another individual or employer of an employee.

Discovery is the investigative phase of the legal process that involves gathering facts in a case. There are many forms that discovery may take including request for admissions, request to produce, subpoenas for relevant documents, interrogatories consisting of written questions and depositions.

Request to produce is a discovery mechanism where the opposing party (plaintiff or defendant) can force you to provide copies or make available for inspection, evidence or documents in your possession that may reasonably lead to admissible evidence.

A videotaped deposition is a deposition that is videotaped. This might be done for a variety of reasons including to memorialize the body language, to use for impeachment of a witness/party at trial, or simply to play at trial. Many witnesses, such as doctors, experts, and witness greater than 100 miles away will have videotaped depositions taken to play at trial instead of appearing live for testimony.