Referencing documents?

I am involved in an action as a plaintiff. I have already received some Answers to Interrogatories and Responses to Request for Admissions from the defendants in this action and I have gotten them entered into the court record in this action. Another action filed by the defendants as Plaintiffs was served on me after they first answered my complaint. They actually filed their Complaint first. They filed a motion to consolidate claiming "The trial of both of the above captioned actions will involve precisely the same witness and fact determinations." The court granted their motion and now the two actions are consolidated. I am working on an Answer, Affirmative Defenses and Counterclaims now and need to file very soon. I am quoting some of their Answers to Interrogatories and Admissions in the other action in these documents.

My question is, When I file the Answer, etc to their action, can I reference the quotations as from the Answers to Interrogatories and Responses to Request for Admissions that are on file with the other action that has been consolidated or should I submit other copies with my Answer, etc?

Any help would be very appreciated

Thank you for your posting, and the opportunity for me to help you by responding to your posting.

The answer to your question is that, at least in California, where I am, the code states that any responses to discovery has to be "self sufficient", meaning it cannot just reference other discovery responses. The idea is that it makes it easier for the court, when presented with a motion to compel, to just read one document, instead of juggling other responses and questions.

I hope this helps. If you do have other questions, feel free to ask anytime -- it's my pleasure to help in any way that I can. Thank you.