Gary Stephen Woodring; Prehearing [32 Pa.B. 4928] Order to Show Cause; Doc. No. SC02-08-023 A prehearing conference is scheduled for November 13, 2002, at 10 a.m. in Room 200, Administrative Hearings Office, Capitol Associates Building, 901 North Seventh Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102. A hearing is scheduled for December 10, 2002, at 10 a.m. in Room 200, Administrative Hearings Office, Capitol Associates Building, 901 North Seventh Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102.
If an attorney or representative for a party attending the conference does not have complete authority relative to this matter, the party or person with full settlement authority shall be available by telephone during the conference.
At the prehearing conference/telephone conference, the parties shall be prepared to discuss settlement, stipulations, witnesses and the documents anticipated for use at the hearing, estimated time for the hearing, special evidentiary or legal issues and other matters relevant to the orderly, efficient and just resolution of this matter. Pending hearing, parties shall exchange proposed exhibits and the names of witnesses, provide an offer of proof with respect to each witness and informally attempt to resolve undisputed facts by stipulation.
On or before October 30, 2002, each party shall file with the Administrative Hearings Office a prehearing statement which shall contain: (1) a comprehensive statement of undisputed facts to be stipulated between the parties; (2) a statement of additional contended facts; (3) names and address of witnesses along with the specialties of experts to be called; (4) a list of documents to be used at the hearing; (5) special evidentiary or other legal issues; and (6) the estimated time for that party's case. Along with service of the prehearing statement on the opposing party, each party shall supply the other with a copy of all listed documents and any report generated by an expert witness designated on the prehearing statement. Any report subsequently received from a party's expert witness prior to hearing shall be supplied to the other party within 2 business days. Copies of documents and expert reports need not be filed with the Administrative Hearings Office.
On or before November 9, 2002, each party shall file with the Administrative Hearings Office a list of specific objections, if any, to the documents supplied with the other party's prehearing statement. Objections not raised shall be deemed waived at hearing. Except as established at the prehearing conference, both parties shall appear at the scheduled hearing prepared to offer all relevant testimony or other evidence. Each party must bring documents, photographs, drawings, claims, files, witnesses, and the like, necessary to support the party's case. A party intending to offer documents for photographs into evidence shall bring enough copies for the record and for each opposing party.
Motions preliminary to those at hearing, protests, petitions to intervene or notices of intervention, if any, must be filed on or before November 26, 2002, with the Hearings Administrator, Administrative Hearings Office, Capitol Associates Building, Room 200, 901 North Seventh Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102. Answers to petitions to intervene, if any, shall be filed on or before December 3, 2002.
Persons with a disability who wish to attend the previously referenced administrative hearing and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the hearing should contact Tracey Pontius, Agency Coordinator, (717) 787-4298.
M. DIANE KOKEN,
Insurance Commissioner[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-1760. Filed for public inspection October 4, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]
