The Uniform Interstate Discovery and Depositions Act has finally passed in Georgia. It will make it easier for Georgia lawyers to get subpoenas for depositions, document production and inspection of premises in other states that have enacted the same uniform law, and will make it easier for lawyers in those states to do the same in Georgia.

In my commercial trucking accidents law practice, we often need to subpoena business and medical records from other states, especially in interstate trucking personal injury and wrongful death litigation.  In cases filed in state rather than federal courts, it has been necessary to…