FOREST AND WARREN COUNTIES Amendment of Local Civil Action Rule L1301(A); No. 53 of 2006 Miscellaneous [36 Pa.B. 5780]
[Saturday, September 16, 2006]Order And Now, this 29th day of August, 2006, it is hereby Ordered that the Local Civil Action Rule L1301(A) for the 37th Judicial District composed of Forest and Warren Counties is amended as follows, effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
The Court Administrator of the 37th Judicial District is directed to:
1. File seven (7) certified copies of this Order with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
2. File two (2) certified copies and one disk copy with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
3. File one (1) certified copy with the Pennsylvania Civil Procedural Rules Committee.
4. File one (1) copy with the Prothonotaries of the Court of the 37th Judicial District.
By the Court
WILLIAM F. MORGAN,
President JudgeRule L1301. Cases for Submission
A. Compulsory arbitration of matters as authorized by Section 7631 of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 101, et. seq. shall apply to all cases at issue where the amount in controversy shall be fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or less.
The amount in controversy shall be determined from the pleadings or by an agreement of reference filed by the attorneys. The amount in controversy, when determined from the pleadings, shall be the largest amount claimed by any one party.
In the event that a case within arbitration limits is consolidated with a case involving more than arbitration limits after the former has been referred to a board of arbitrators, the order of consolidation will remove the same from the jurisdiction of the board of arbitrators.
* * * * * [Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1800. Filed for public inspection September 15, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
