Prehearing Discovery

As amended through August1, 2022
Prehearing Discovery
A. Unless otherwise agreed, all preheating discovery shall be governed by the terms of the applicable insurance policy and the discovery provisions of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. The parties shall attempt to informally resolve all requests and disputes relating to discovery. Any party may submit, in writing, a request to the arbitration panel to enforce a discovery request. The arbitration panel shall, to the extent applicable, follow the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure in ruling on any such request.
B. To the extent permitted by Pennsylvania law, the neutral arbitrator may issue written subpoenas for the purposes of discovery. All requests for the issuance of a subpoena shall be submitted in writing to the neutral arbitrator, with copies being sent to the remaining arbitrators and to opposing counsel.
C. Unless otherwise directed by the arbitration panel, the parties shall exchange the following information and things at least twenty (20) days prior to the date set for the arbitration.
1. A report of any expert that a party intends to call as a witness, which sets forth the substance of the facts, findings or opinions of each expert and a summary of the grounds or reasons for each such finding or opinion.
2. The name, address and telephone number of all witnesses the party expects to call.
3. Copies of all exhibits the party intends to offer into evidence.
Amended effective 7/1/2020; amended effective 8/1/2022.