Maurice is suing Gaston for injuries resulting from Gaston's trying to feed Maurice to wolves. Before the case goes to trial, Maurice tries to get information from Gaston about the evidence he has. Gaston is required to produce that information for Maurice before trial because

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Actually he's not. That would ruin a party'sability to keep important aspects of thecase secret beforetrial.

It helps to prevent any surprises from arising at trial.

It discourages the judge from prematurely issuing a summary judgment ruling.

It avoids letting issues get too narrow before trial.