Armst. Cnty. Pa. 212.1

Current through February 13, 2020
Rule 212.1 - Case Ready for Pre-Trial Conference
(a) A case involving a civil action or an action in equity, including an appeal from compulsory arbitration and any matter triable by a judge sitting without a jury, may be placed upon the Pre-Trial Conference List upon praecipe of any party directed to the Prothonotary. A case involving an orphans' court matter shall likewise be placed on the Pre-Trial Conference List by the Prothonotary upon delivery to the Prothonotary by the Clerk of the Orphans' Court Division of a copy of any praecipe filed with the Clerk to cause the matter to be scheduled for a pre-trial conference.
(b) The Prothonotary, at least monthly, shall provide the Court Administrator with a list of all cases placed upon the Pre-Trial Conference List.
(c) The Court Administrator shall cause each case on the Pre-Trial Conference List to be scheduled for a pre-trial conference before one of the judges of the Court. The Prothonotary shall serve a copy of the scheduling order upon all attorneys of record and upon all parties for whom no appearance has been entered, at least twenty (20) days before the scheduled date.
(d) Discovery shall be substantially completed prior to the filing of the praecipe placing the case on the Pre-Trial Conference List.
(e) The Court, upon petition presented in Motions Court, upon good cause shown, may continue the date of a pre-trial conference or remove a case from the Pre-trial Conference List.
(f) A pre-trial conference subsequent to the first such conference may be scheduled by the Court on its own motion. A party may move that a subsequent pre-trial conference be scheduled by motion presented in Motions Court.

Armst. Cnty. Pa. 212.1