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7. Minnesota Rules Do Not Require Counsel Certification for Initial and
Pretrial Disclosures ............................................................................................................. 10-7
8. Minnesota Rules Retain Provisions Regarding Disclosure and
C. SAMPLE
Production of Insurance Policy ........................................................................................... 10-7
§ 10.2 INITIAL DISCLOSURES ......................................................................................................................... 10-8
A. Names, Addresses, and Telephone Numbers of Witnesses ........................................................ 10-8
B. Documents and Tangible Things .................................................................................................. 10-9
C. Computation of Damages ............................................................................................................. 10-9
D. Insurance Agreements ................................................................................................................ 10-10
E. Timing and Sequencing of Initial Disclosures ............................................................................. 10-10
§ 10.3 DISCLOSURE OF IDENTITIES AND REPORTS OF EXPERT WITNESSES .....................................10-11
A. Generally ......................................................................................................................................10-11
B. Definition of an “Expert” .............................................................................................................. 10-12
1. Party Employees .............................................................................................................. 10-12
2. Treating Physicians .......................................................................................................... 10-13
C. General Requirements for Expert Reports ................................................................................. 10-14
D. Time to Disclose Expert Testimony............................................................................................. 10-15
E. Discovery of Draft Reports .......................................................................................................... 10-16
F. Supplementation of Expert Disclosures ..................................................................................... 10-16
G. Consequences of Untimely Disclosure ....................................................................................... 10-16
§ 10.4 PRETRIAL DISCLOSURES .................................................................................................................. 10-18
A. Generally ..................................................................................................................................... 10-18
B. Timing of Pretrial Disclosures ..................................................................................................... 10-18
§ 10.5 FORM OF DISCLOSURE ..................................................................................................................... 10-18

Chapter Eleven
Motions – Dispositive and Non-Dispositive
§ 11.1 MOTIONS, DEFINED ...............................................................................................................................11-1
§ 11.2 FORMAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO PAPERS FILED IN SUPPORT OF,
OR OPPOSITION TO, A MOTION ...........................................................................................................11-2
A. Formal Requirements Applicable to All Papers Filed With the Court ............................................11-2
B. The Moving Party’s Motion Papers ................................................................................................11-3
C. Papers to Be Filed in Opposition to the Motion .............................................................................11-7
D. Moving Party’s Reply Papers.........................................................................................................11-8
E. Expedited, Informal Process for Non-Dispositive Motions ............................................................11-8
§ 11.3 OBTAINING THE HEARING DATE .........................................................................................................11-9
A. Block System Versus Master Calendar System ............................................................................11-9
B. Scheduling the Hearing .................................................................................................................11-9
Giving Notice of the Hearing Date ...............................................................................................11-11
§ 11.4 SERVICE AND FILING OF MOTION PAPERS .....................................................................................11-12
A. Applicable Deadlines ...................................................................................................................11-12
1. Deadlines Applicable to Non-Dispositive Motions – Minn. Gen. R. PRac. 115.04 .............11-12
2. Deadlines Applicable to Dispositive Motions – Minn. Gen. R. PRac. 115.03 .....................11-12