Products Liability Interrogatories for a House Fire From Your Records
Drafts interrogatories to a manufacturer in a house fire case from the incident records, pleaded claims and topics you paste. No defect theory or allegation appears unless your material supports it, and any limit on the number comes only from rule text you paste.
The Prompt
Variables (7)
| Variable | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| {{case_caption}} | Case Caption and Court | Hartwell v. Lumen Home Products, Inc., No. 25-CV-0931, District Court |
| {{incident}} | Incident Records | Fire department report, Nov. 3, 2025: "Fire reported at 2:14 a.m. at 41 Elm St." Investigator letter, Nov. 20, 2025: "Area of origin: kitchen counter." |
| {{claims}} | Pleaded Claims | Complaint para. 12: "The product was defective and unreasonably dangerous." Counts: strict liability, negligence. |
| {{product}} | Product and Manufacturer Details | Countertop warming unit, model WX-200, purchased Mar. 2024; manufacturer Lumen Home Products, Inc. |
| {{topics}} | Topics to Cover | Quality control processes, prior complaints, recall history, internal communications about the condition alleged in the complaint. |
| {{count}} | Number of Interrogatories | 15 |
| {{rule_text}} | Governing Rule Text | Paste verbatim the rule on number of interrogatories and form that applies in this court. |
Expected Output
Part 1 attorney-only notes (record register, conflicts, count check, cleared and held-back lists, topic coverage, defined-term check, unsupported statements declined, declined requests, missing information). Part 2: definitions and the numbered interrogatories. Then a verification list.
Usage Notes
Use it after the incident records and the complaint are in hand. Paste the incident and investigation records, the pleaded claims, what you know of the product and manufacturer, the topics to cover and the number you want, plus any rule text on limits. Failure mode to watch: an interrogatory that presumes a cause of the fire or names a defect no record supports, or a count above a limit that was never pasted. Compare every definition with your complaint's wording. Read the document part line by line before it leaves the office. Not legal advice. The attorney remains responsible for verifying every fact, figure and authority before use.
Double-check before use
- Add up the loss summary yourself. In testing, a stated total that did not match its lines was once accepted.
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