1425 Amendment of local rule of civil procedure 212.1—civil actions to be tried by jury. Notice of earliest trial date. Time for completing discovery and filing pre-trial statement; no. 10-00001?
Title 255—LOCAL
COURT RULESMONTGOMERY COUNTY Amendment of Local Rule of Civil Procedure 212.1—Civil Actions to be tried by Jury. Notice of Earliest Trial Date. Time for Completing Discovery and Filing Pre-Trial Statement; No. 10-00001 [40 Pa.B. 4384]
[Saturday, August 7, 2010]Order And Now, this 21st day of July, 2010, the Court hereby amends Montgomery County Local Rule of Civil Procedure 212.1—Civil Actions to be Tried by Jury. Notice of Earliest Trial Date. Time for Completing Discovery and Filing Pre-Trial Statement. This Amended Rule shall become effective thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
The Court Administrator is directed to publish this Order once in the Montgomery County Law Reporter and in The Legal Intelligencer. In conformity with Pa.R.C.P. 239, seven (7) certified copies of the within Order shall be filed by the Court Administrator with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts. Two (2) certified copies shall be distributed to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, and one (1) certified copy shall be filed with the Civil Procedural Rules Committee. One (1) copy shall be filed with the Prothonotary, one (1) copy with the Clerk of Courts, and (1) copy with the Court Administrator of Montgomery County, one (1) copy with the Law Library of Montgomery County and one (1) copy with each Judge of this Court.
By the Court
RICHARD J. HODGSON,
President JudgeDeleted material is bold and bracketed. New material is bold.
Rule 212.1. Civil Actions to be Tried by Jury. Notice of Earliest Trial Date. Time for Completing Discovery and Filing Pre-Trial Statement.
(a)* The Court hereby extends Pa.R.C.P. 212.1 and 212.2 to apply to civil actions to be tried non-jury, and to equity actions. The notice of [first listing for trial] scheduling for Pre-Trial Conference, generated by the Court Administrator's Office at least 50 days prior to said [trial] conference date, shall serve as notice of the earliest trial date required by Pa.R.C.P. 212.1(a).
(b)* All pre-trial statements are to be filed in the Prothonotary's Office, and a hard copy provided to the Pre-Trial Conference Judge's Chambers, not later than [14] 7 days prior to the [earliest trial] Pre-Trial Conference date.
Comment: Pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 212.1(c)(2), Montgomery County has altered the times set for the filing of pre-trial statements as set forth in Pa.R.C.P. 212.1(b). This Rule applies to matters that are certified for trial pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure 212.1*(d).
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1425. Filed for public inspection August 6, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
