Request for admissions is a civil discovery tool that requests the responding party to admit or deny a specific fact under oath
Civil Discovery is the formal and legal process in which opposing sides, the plaintiff and defendant, can exchange information and legal theories about their case.
Both sides want to know what the other side will admit or deny at trial. This is the purpose of the discovery process. One side sends the other side a list of statements that the responding party must then, under oath, admit or deny.
Example:
Plaintiff’s counsel sends a Request for Admission to the defense, which states: “Admit or Deny, that on November 5, 2022, you informed the arresting officer you only had “two beers with dinner.” Under the law, the defendant must admit or deny the statement.
The party responding to the request for admission might object to the request on the basis that: “The defendant cannot recall how many beers he told the officer, and therefore, the defendant can neither admit nor deny the statement and, therefore, must deny the admission as stated.”
