Rule 31 – Summary Jury Trial

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(a)Cases for Summary Jury Trial Proceedings. The parties may request, and the court may order that a summary jury trial be held in any case, provided the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The case is not one in which the credibility of a witness is likely to be...

Rule 30 – Mediation

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(a) The court may order the parties in any civil action to participate in mediation. (b) If the parties agree, they may elect a form of alternative dispute resolution other than mediation (e.g. neutral evaluation, non-binding arbitration or binding arbitration). (c)...

Rule 29 – Discovery Motions

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(a)Protective Orders. Upon motion by a party or by the person from whom discovery is sought, and for good cause shown, the court may make any order which justice requires to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or...

Rule 28 – Requests for Admissions

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(a)(i) Any party, desiring to obtain admission of the signature on or the genuineness of any relevant document or of any relevant facts which he or she believes not to be in dispute, may, after 30 days after the date the defendant is served with the Summons and...

Rule 27 – Expert Witnesses

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(a) Within 30 days of a request by the opposing party, or in accordance with any order of the court issued pursuant to Rule 5, a party shall make a disclosure of expert witnesses (as defined in Evidence Rule 702 ), whom he or she expects to testify at trial. (b) Said...