Rule 41 – Dismissal of Actions

(a) Voluntary dismissal: Effect thereof.(1) BY PLAINTIFF; BY STIPULATION. An action may be dismissed by the plaintiff without order of court (A) by filing a notice of dismissal at any time before the return date as provided in Rule 12(a) or service by the adverse...

Rule 40 – Assignment of Cases for Trial

The circuit courts shall provide by rule for the placing of actions upon the trial calendar (1) without request of the parties or (2) upon request of a party and notice to the other parties or (3) in such other manner as the courts deem expedient. Precedence shall be...

Rule 39 – Trial by Jury or by the Court

(a) By jury. When trial by jury has been demanded as provided in Rule 38, the action shall be designated upon the docket as a jury action. The trial of all issues so demanded shall be by jury, unless (1) the parties or their attorneys of record, by written stipulation...

Rule 38 – Jury Trial of Right

(a) Right preserved. The right of trial by jury as given by the Constitution or a statute of the State or the United States shall be preserved to the parties inviolate.(b) Demand. Any party may demand a trial by jury of any issue triable of right by a jury by (1)...