Rule 7.1A - Pretrial Conference(1) In any action, the Court, of its own motion or on motion of any party, may direct the attorneys for the parties to appear for a conference to consider: (a) the simplification of issues;(b) the necessity or desirability of pleadings and/or amendments thereto;(c) the possibility of obtaining admissions of fact and of documents which will avoid unnecessary proof;(d) limitations on the number of expert witnesses;(e) the advisability of a preliminary referral of issues to a master for findings to be used as evidence when the trial is to be by jury; and(f) such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the action.(2) The Court may make an order reciting the action taken at the conference, the amendments allowed to the pleadings, and the agreements made by the parties as to any of the matters considered, and limiting the issues for trial to those not disposed of by admissions or agreements of the attorneys. Such order, when entered, shall control the subsequent course of the action unless modified at the trial to prevent manifest injustice.Amended effective 7/30/2016.